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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Nauru, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Commerce and Foreign Investment, Foreign Investment Authority and Nauru Customs: the guide’s first stops, of the 13 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
Trade and investment department
Commerce and Foreign Investment
Department of Commerce and Foreign Investment
Runs foreign investment promotion and a Small Business Enterprise Fund, and offers small businesses financial management training.
Visit Commerce and Foreign Investment (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Budget Paper 2, 2026-27 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Foreign investment approval authority
Foreign Investment Authority
Naoero Foreign Investment Authority
Considers and approves the foreign investment certificate a foreign investor needs, and keeps the list of activities reserved for citizens.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Nauru Customs
Nauru Customs Service
Assesses import duties and runs trade facilitation and border protection.
Visit Nauru Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Nauru Customs Service page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
2. Export development and market information
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Trade and investment department
Commerce and Foreign Investment
Department of Commerce and Foreign Investment
Runs foreign investment promotion and a Small Business Enterprise Fund, and offers small businesses financial management training.
Visit Commerce and Foreign Investment (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Budget Paper 2, 2026-27 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Get advice
Regional trade promotion network
PTI
Pacific Trade Invest
Regional body
Supports export-ready and investment-ready businesses across the Pacific, through offices in Australia, China, Europe and New Zealand.
Visit PTI (opens in a new tab)Source: Pacific Trade Invest, services description, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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National statistics office
NBS
Naoero Bureau of Statistics
Publishes national accounts, consumer price and household survey statistics, and trade indicators built from partner-country data.
Visit NBS (opens in a new tab)Source: Naoero Bureau of Statistics, economic statistics page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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Regional intergovernmental secretariat
PIFS
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Regional body
Supports cooperation among Forum member governments and sets the mandate of the Pacific Trade Invest network.
Visit PIFS (opens in a new tab)Source: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, home page, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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Regional data and development agency
SPC
The Pacific Community
Regional body
Hosts the Pacific Data Hub, which carries merchandise trade and consumer price series for Pacific members.
Visit SPC (opens in a new tab)Source: Pacific Community, home page, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Foreign investment approval authority
Foreign Investment Authority
Naoero Foreign Investment Authority
Considers and approves the foreign investment certificate a foreign investor needs, and keeps the list of activities reserved for citizens.
- Meet requirements
Business registry and border department
Justice and Border Control
Department of Justice and Border Control
Registers business names, corporations, partnerships and trusts, issues business licenses and beneficial ownership registrations, and runs immigration and quarantine.
Visa and border control
Immigration Division
Issues visas to foreign nationals, including business visas, and screens passengers arriving and leaving.
Visit Immigration Division (opens in a new tab)Source: Justice and Border Control, Immigration Division page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
4. Customs and tax
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Nauru Customs
Nauru Customs Service
Assesses import duties and runs trade facilitation and border protection.
Visit Nauru Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Nauru Customs Service page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax and revenue office
NRO
Nauru Revenue Office
Issues Tax Identification Numbers, collects government revenue and issues cash export licenses.
Visit NRO (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Nauru Revenue Office page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Finance ministry
Finance Department
Department of Finance
Houses the customs, revenue and statistics offices, runs the national budget and publishes the budget papers.
Visit Finance Department (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, home page, read November 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Plant and animal quarantine
Quarantine Division
Oversees incoming cargo at the seaport and airport and sets conditions for bringing plants and animals into Naoero.
Visit Quarantine Division (opens in a new tab)Source: Justice and Border Control, Quarantine Division page (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Naoero Chamber of Commerce
Names a representative to the national committee that steers the Small Business Enterprise Fund, the 2026-27 budget papers say.
Visit Chamber of Commerce (opens in a new tab)Source: Department of Finance, Budget Paper 2, 2026-27 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
7. 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 Nauru with other countriesSet Nauru beside other countries on investment momentum, fundamentals and trade access, before site, tax and legal work.
- Find advisors and service firmsAsk an advisory firm a scoped, paid question, or browse firms that list their own services, from legal work to logistics.
- Organize your next stepsKeep each product and market in a project, with a roadmap of steps you work through.
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Promote:Nauru 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.