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Export from Saint Barthélemy

A short guide for companies selling from Saint Barthélemy: the export figures, the agreements and their limits, the main steps and who can help, each with its source.

1. What Saint Barthélemy sells, and who buys it

2. 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.

  • Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764)

    Under Article 2 it covers the territories listed in Annex II to the TFEU; originating goods enter the Union duty-free and quota-free with a registered exporter's statement on origin.

    Rules-based preference: origin rules apply, and the funding program runs to December 31, 2027.

    Source: Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764, OCT association, 2021⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of October 5, 2021

3. Steps to export

The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.

Exporting from Saint Barthélemy

  1. Register the business through the CEM formalities center, which files on the national electronic one-stop shop as the company's agent.Chambre Économique Multiprofessionnelle de Saint-BarthélemyOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: CEM, company formalities page (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  2. Pay the yearly flat business contribution, the CFAE, through the Collectivité's CFAE payment interface or at the CEM.Chambre Économique Multiprofessionnelle de Saint-BarthélemyEUR 350 plus EUR 100 per employeeOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: CEM, business obligations page (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  3. If you export seafood, hold the free fishing license and check the protected species rules before you ship.Agence Territoriale de l’Environnement de Saint-BarthélemyOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: ATE, missions page⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  4. Ask French customs' Guadeloupe regional directorate how to declare goods leaving the island and which taxes apply on arrival in Guadeloupe or mainland France.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: French customs, special cases of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of March 20, 2019

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  1. Ask French customs whether the European Union's duty-free access for overseas territories applies to your goods, since it needs a registered exporter's statement on origin.Direction générale des douanes et droits indirectsOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764, OCT association, 2021⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of October 5, 2021

  2. For food or animal and plant products, ask the DAAF territorial unit which food safety and health rules apply before you export.UT DAAF - Direction de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la ForêtOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: State services, DAAF territorial unit page (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

4. Organizations that help exporters

Start with French customs and Insee. Each card links to the organization’s own site.

Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets

  • The island has 10,660 residents, so this guide lists every national body found with evidence dated 2025 or later; it has 10 organizations. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Export development and market information

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Customs and tax

Standards and sector requirements

Chambers and industry associations

5. Worth knowing

6. How Promote:Global helps

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Promote:Saint Barthélemy 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.