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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Saint Lucia, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Export Saint Lucia, Invest Saint Lucia and Customs and Excise: 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
National trade promotion agency
Export Saint Lucia
Gives expanding companies trade information, market promotion and export facilitation help, and coordinates the national export effort.
Visit Export Saint Lucia (opens in a new tab)Source: Export Saint Lucia, about page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Invest Saint Lucia
Advises local and foreign investors, helps with site selection and set-up, and offers aftercare.
Visit Invest Saint Lucia (opens in a new tab)Source: Invest Saint Lucia, page about the agency (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs and Excise
Saint Lucia Customs & Excise Department
Runs ASYCUDA World, where traders hold accounts and pay duties and taxes on customs declarations.
Visit Customs and Excise (opens in a new tab)Source: Customs and Excise Department, ASYCUDA World portal page (opens in a new tab) · as of January 11, 2022
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National trade promotion agency
Export Saint Lucia
Gives expanding companies trade information, market promotion and export facilitation help, and coordinates the national export effort.
Visit Export Saint Lucia (opens in a new tab)Source: Export Saint Lucia, about page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Regional trade and investment agency
Caribbean Export
Caribbean Export Development Agency
Regional body
Helps CARIFORUM firms grow exports, attract investment and build competitiveness.
Visit Caribbean Export (opens in a new tab)Source: Caribbean Export Development Agency, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
Central Statistical Office
The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia
Publishes trade, price and national accounts tables, including domestic exports and re-exports.
Visit Central Statistical Office (opens in a new tab)Source: Central Statistical Office, trade statistics page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Invest Saint Lucia
Advises local and foreign investors, helps with site selection and set-up, and offers aftercare.
Visit Invest Saint Lucia (opens in a new tab)Source: Invest Saint Lucia, page about the agency (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Company and intellectual property registry
Company Registry
Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property
Registers companies, partnerships and business names, and protects trademarks and other intellectual property rights.
Visit Company Registry (opens in a new tab)Source: Attorney General's Chambers, page on the company registry (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Get advice
Free zone authority
Free Zone Authority
Free Zone Management Authority
Oversees the free zone, an enclosed area treated for customs purposes as outside the customs territory.
Government legal office
Attorney General's Chambers
Publishes the Revised Laws of Saint Lucia, including the investment, customs, trade and free zone acts.
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
Customs and Excise
Saint Lucia Customs & Excise Department
Runs ASYCUDA World, where traders hold accounts and pay duties and taxes on customs declarations.
Visit Customs and Excise (opens in a new tab)Source: Customs and Excise Department, ASYCUDA World portal page (opens in a new tab) · as of January 11, 2022
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue Department
Registers businesses for value added tax through its Comptroller, who must decide within 21 working days.
5. Standards and sector requirements
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
National standards body
Bureau of Standards
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Regulates and maintains standards, tests and calibrates products, and advises manufacturers on quality control.
- Meet requirements
Agriculture ministry
Agriculture Ministry
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Sustainable Development
Issues phytosanitary certificates and inspects plant material and pack houses through its Quarantine Unit.
Visit Agriculture Ministry (opens in a new tab)Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Quarantine Unit page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
- Meet requirements
Regional standards organization
CROSQ
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality
Regional body
Facilitates regional standards and promotes the harmonization of metrology systems.
Visit CROSQ (opens in a new tab)Source: CROSQ, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
1 organization. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce
St. Lucia Chamber
St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture
Represents private sector members and runs small business, youth business and member programs.
Visit St. Lucia Chamber (opens in a new tab)Source: St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
7. How Promote:Global helps
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- Check duties and document requirementsCheck the duty, the origin conditions for a preferential rate and the documents a shipment needs.
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Promote:Saint Lucia 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 October 30, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.