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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Micronesia, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
R&D, CTA and FSM Statistics: the guide’s first stops, of the 7 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- The guide lists every national body found with evidence dated 2025 or later; no chamber of commerce or business association qualified. Source (opens in a new tab)
Economic development department
R&D
Department of Resources and Development
Issues foreign investment permits and takes applications for expatriate workers through its Division of Trade and Investment.
Visit R&D (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Resources and Development, Trade and Investment page, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs and tax authority
CTA
Customs & Tax Administration
Collects customs duties and national taxes, registers taxpayers and runs electronic customs processing.
Visit CTA (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Finance and Administration, Customs and Tax Administration page, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
FSM Statistics
FSM Division of Statistics
Publishes merchandise trade, consumer price and other national statistics tables.
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Research markets
National statistics office
FSM Statistics
FSM Division of Statistics
Publishes merchandise trade, consumer price and other national statistics tables.
- Get advice
Regional trade and investment agency
Pacific Trade Invest
Regional body
Supports Pacific businesses that want to export or attract investment, through resources and services.
Visit Pacific Trade Invest (opens in a new tab)Source: Pacific Trade Invest, home page, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Find finance
National development bank
FSMDB
FSM Development Bank
Lends to projects owned by citizens, or by foreign companies with at least 25 percent citizen ownership, through business term loans and lines of credit.
Visit FSMDB (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Development Bank, home page with news to October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Economic development department
R&D
Department of Resources and Development
Issues foreign investment permits and takes applications for expatriate workers through its Division of Trade and Investment.
Visit R&D (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Resources and Development, Trade and Investment page, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
4. Customs and tax
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs and tax authority
CTA
Customs & Tax Administration
Collects customs duties and national taxes, registers taxpayers and runs electronic customs processing.
Visit CTA (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Finance and Administration, Customs and Tax Administration page, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Fisheries regulator
NORMA
National Oceanic Resource Management Authority
Issues fishing, support and flag permits for the exclusive economic zone through an online licensing system.
Visit NORMA (opens in a new tab)Source: NORMA, licensing page, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Bank regulator
FSMBB
Banking Board of the Federated States of Micronesia
Licenses and supervises banks in the country, which an investor in banking must deal with.
Visit FSMBB (opens in a new tab)Source: FSM Banking Board, home page and mandate (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
6. How Promote:Global helps
- Compare potential export marketsSee which markets import what you sell, ranked on public trade data, and read each country before you commit.
- Check duties and document requirementsCheck the duty, the origin conditions for a preferential rate and the documents a shipment needs.
- Compare Micronesia with other countriesSet Micronesia beside other countries on investment momentum, fundamentals and trade access, before site, tax and legal work.
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Promote:Micronesia is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
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.