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Export from Martinique
A short guide for companies selling from Martinique: the export figures, the agreements and their limits, the main steps and who can help, each with its source.
1. What Martinique sells, and who buys it
Goods exportsEstimate
Merchandise exports to countries outside the French customs territory were 80,978,713 euros in 2025, by French customs’ provisional quarterly data.
Source: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Largest export lineEstimate
78.5%
Refined petroleum products and coke were 78.5 percent of exports outside the French customs territory from July 2025 to June 2026, by customs’ regional page.
Source: French customs, Martinique regional trade page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of July 2025 to June 2026
Top goods exports
2025
- 1. Refined petroleum products
- 2. Industrial waste and scrap
- 3. Beverages
- 4. Miscellaneous quarry and mining products
- 5. Ships and boats
- 6. Motor vehicles
- 7. Telephones and communication equipment
- 8. General-purpose machinery
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- 9. Textile products
- 10. Cutlery, tools and metal hardware
- 11. Paintings, engravings and sculptures
- 12. Special-purpose machinery
- 13. Plastic products
- 14. Manufactured tobacco
- 15. Perfumes, cosmetics and cleaning products
- 16. Non-ferrous metals
- 17. Medical, optical and dental instruments
- 18. Other chemical products
- 19. Sports goods, toys and other manufactures
- 20. Electromedical equipment
- Refined petroleum products are 70.0 percent of 2025 foreign shipments and 78.5 percent over the four quarters to June 2026; they are ranked but not suggested. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Lines follow customs’ own 129-line product list with codes such as C19Z, not HS codes, and values are euros in thousands from provisional quarterly data summed over 2025. Source (opens in a new tab)
- The customs table gives no split between goods made in Martinique and re-exports, and shipments to mainland France and other French regions are not in it. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Bananas and rum go mostly to mainland France and are not in this table; IEDOM says 89.8 percent of rum exported in 2025 went there. Source (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Where the goods go
2025, share of goods exports
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba27%
- United States Virgin Islands12.3%
- Jamaica9.5%
- United States6.2%
- Antigua and Barbuda6%
- Trinidad and Tobago5.5%
- Saint Barthélemy5%
- Dominican Republic4.5%
- Destinations exclude mainland France, Guadeloupe and French Guiana; IEDOM puts all 2025 goods shipments at 414.3 million euros, 38.9 percent to mainland France. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Shares are of the 80,978,713 euro foreign total, and refined petroleum shipments drive the shares of the Caribbean partners. Source (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
2. What to look into next
Our reading
The research marks beverages, textile products and cutlery, tools and metal hardware as lines a small or mid-sized company could be in. If yours is one, check which markets buy that line, not only Martinique’s top destinations overall.
Source: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Based on: Top goods exports
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba takes 27% of Martinique’s goods exports. If you sell there, its import rules and buyer channels come first; either way, compare at least one other market before you commit.
Source: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Based on: Where the goods go
Promote:Global’s reading of the figures above, not a source’s statement, and not advice.
3. Trade agreements
What each arrangement can mean for a seller, and its limits. A preference is conditional: check the rules of origin before you quote.
European Union customs union and single market (outermost region)
Goods from Martinique are in the European Union customs territory, which the territory’s investor guide describes as direct access to European markets with no customs barriers.
Martinique is outside the European Union tax territory, so shipments to mainland France and other member states need an export declaration and are exempt from value-added tax.
Source: French customs, Martinique page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
CARIFORUM–European Union Economic Partnership Agreement
Covers trade between the European Union, which includes Martinique, and the Caribbean states in CARIFORUM.
Customs lists the agreement and its origin protocol as applicable from December 29, 2008. Prove origin with an invoice declaration under 6,000 euros, an approved exporter’s declaration, or an EUR.1 certificate.
Source: French customs, European Union agreements list, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 8, 2026
Accord commercial intérimaire UE / Mercosur
Lets goods originating in the European Union, which includes Martinique, claim tariff preferences in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay when the exporter proves origin.
As of customs’ October 8, 2026 list, it applies provisionally from May 1, 2026; above 6,000 euros, only REX-registered exporters may state origin.
Source: French customs, European Union agreements list, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 8, 2026
4. Steps to export
The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.
Exporting from Martinique
- Get an EORI number from customs, which identifies you in every customs declaration.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, the EORI number, updated December 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of December 9, 2025
- Check whether your goods are dual-use items and, if so, apply for an individual or global export license.Direction générale des entreprisesOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: DG Entreprises, dual-use export licenses, October 2024 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 23, 2024
- For plants and plant products, request a phytosanitary certificate before you ship to mainland France or other member states.Direction de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et de la forêt de la MartiniqueOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: DAAF Martinique, plant exports to Europe, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 12, 2026
- Find the French and European standards that apply to your product.AFNOROfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: AFNOR, standardization in France (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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- File the customs export declaration: an EX declaration for countries outside the European Union, a CO declaration for mainland France and other member states.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- If you owe octroi de mer on local sales, list your exports in annex B of the quarterly return and claim any refund.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Ask a chamber of commerce and industry for a certificate of non-preferential origin when the importing country requires one.CCI MartiniqueOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, non-preferential origin (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Apply for a REX number if you will certify preferential origin yourself under an agreement that uses the registered exporter system.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, registered exporter (REX) application (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Ask the export one-stop desk about public export support, and ask about export insurance from Bpifrance Assurance Export.Team France ExportOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: DG Trésor, public export support operators, October 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 16, 2025
5. Organizations that help exporters
Start with Business France and DGDDI. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
Export development and market information
- Get advice
National trade and investment agency
Business France
Runs export support for French companies with its Team France Export partners and informs foreign investors about setting up in France.
- Find finance
Export credit agency
Bpifrance Assurance Export
Insures market-prospecting costs and manages the state’s export guarantees for exporters.
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- Meet requirements
Central bank agency
IEDOM
Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer
Publishes the annual economic report on Martinique, with trade, price and business data.
Visit IEDOM (opens in a new tab)Source: IEDOM, Martinique annual report page, June 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of June 30, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
INSEE
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Publishes Martinique’s population, regional accounts and monthly consumer prices.
Visit INSEE (opens in a new tab)Source: INSEE, Martinique consumer prices, September 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 28, 2026
Customs and tax
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
DGDDI
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects
Takes export declarations, issues EORI and registered exporter numbers, and collects octroi de mer on goods in Martinique.
Visit DGDDI (opens in a new tab)Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Standards and sector requirements
- Meet requirements
Agriculture and food authority
DAAF Martinique
Direction de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et de la forêt de la Martinique
Issues phytosanitary certificates and explains the plant health rules for sending plants and produce out of Martinique.
Visit DAAF Martinique (opens in a new tab)Source: DAAF Martinique, plant exports to Europe, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 12, 2026
- Meet requirements
National standards body
AFNOR
Association française de normalisation
Coordinates French standards and represents France in European and international standards bodies.
Visit AFNOR (opens in a new tab)Source: AFNOR, standardization in France (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Chambers and industry associations
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
CCI Martinique
Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de la Martinique
Runs the export one-stop desk and business formalities help for companies in Martinique.
Visit CCI Martinique (opens in a new tab)Source: CCI Martinique, the export one-stop desk (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
6. Worth knowing
Export concentration
Customs counts refined petroleum products at 70.0 percent of 2025 foreign shipments, and IEDOM says 71.1 percent of 2025 petroleum shipments went to French regions outside that total.
What to do: Read the product table without refined petroleum before you judge Martinique’s other exports.
Sources: French customs, Martinique exports by product, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab); IEDOM, Martinique annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Shipments to mainland France
Customs requires a declaration for shipments from Martinique to mainland France and other member states, which are exempt from value-added tax; shipments to Guadeloupe need only a periodic return.
What to do: Ask customs which declaration type fits your destination before the first shipment.
Source: French customs, exporting from an overseas department (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Plant health certificates
DAAF says plants and plant products going to mainland France or other member states need a phytosanitary certificate, with pineapples, bananas and coconuts exempt.
What to do: Ask DAAF’s food service whether your plant product needs a certificate before you ship.
Source: DAAF Martinique, plant exports to Europe, October 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of November 1, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.