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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in Saint Martin, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
Collectivité, French customs and ITSEE: the guide’s first stops, of the 11 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- The island has 31,160 residents, so this guide lists every national body found with evidence dated 2025 or later; it has 11 organizations. Source (opens in a new tab)
Territorial government
Collectivité
Collectivité de Saint-Martin
Sets the island's tax code, runs the port, issues work access for foreigners and building rules, and publishes business guides and aid rules.
Visit Collectivité (opens in a new tab)Source: IEDOM, annual economic report on Saint-Martin, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 2, 2026
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
French customs
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects
Answers customs questions for the island through its Guadeloupe regional directorate and lists the island's marinas approved as clearance points.
Visit French customs (opens in a new tab)Source: French customs, approved clearance points list (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
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Territorial statistics institute
ITSEE
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Saint-Martin
Publishes the island's annual figures, population, tourism and business-creation data, and is building the first local consumer price index.
Visit ITSEE (opens in a new tab)Source: ITSEE, Saint-Martin in figures, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
2. Export development and market information
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
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Territorial statistics institute
ITSEE
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Saint-Martin
Publishes the island's annual figures, population, tourism and business-creation data, and is building the first local consumer price index.
Visit ITSEE (opens in a new tab)Source: ITSEE, Saint-Martin in figures, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Overseas central banking agency
IEDOM
Institut d’émission des départements d’outre-mer
Publishes the annual economic and financial report on the island and bank statistics, and handles the right to a bank account.
Visit IEDOM (opens in a new tab)Source: IEDOM, page of the 2025 report on Saint-Martin (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 2, 2026
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National statistics office
Insee
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
Publishes the island's legal population each year from the census, in its overseas collectivities series.
Visit Insee (opens in a new tab)Source: Insee, populations of overseas collectivities, 2023 census (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of December 29, 2025
3. Investment and business setup
3 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Territorial government
Collectivité
Collectivité de Saint-Martin
Sets the island's tax code, runs the port, issues work access for foreigners and building rules, and publishes business guides and aid rules.
Visit Collectivité (opens in a new tab)Source: IEDOM, annual economic report on Saint-Martin, 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of October 2, 2026
- Get advice
State representative's office
Préfecture
Préfet de Saint-Barthélemy et Saint-Martin
Represents the State on the island, handles residence permits and business domiciliation, and hosts the State's territorial units.
Visit Préfecture (opens in a new tab)Source: Préfecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Business formalities portal operator
INPI
Institut national de la propriété industrielle
Runs the online portal where businesses on the island register, change or close, and keeps the national business register.
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs authority
French customs
Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects
Answers customs questions for the island through its Guadeloupe regional directorate and lists the island's marinas approved as clearance points.
Visit French customs (opens in a new tab)Source: French customs, approved clearance points list (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Tax administration office
Pôle fiscal
Centre des Finances Publiques - Pôle fiscal
Receives tax returns, issues the TGCA identification number and answers business tax questions for the island.
Visit Pôle fiscal (opens in a new tab)Source: Impôts Saint-Martin, taxes for businesses (in French) (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
Economy, labor and consumer authority
DEETS
UT - DEETS Direction de l’Economie, de l’Emploi, du Travail et des Solidarités
Covers consumer protection, product quality and safety, metrology, labor law and business support through a territorial unit attached to the Guadeloupe directorate.
Visit DEETS (opens in a new tab)Source: Préfecture, DEETS territorial unit page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Food and agriculture authority
DAAF
UT DAAF - Direction de l’Alimentation, de l’Agriculture et de la Forêt
Runs food safety checks, animal and plant protection and farm support through a territorial unit attached to the Guadeloupe directorate.
Visit DAAF (opens in a new tab)Source: Préfecture, DAAF territorial unit page (in French) (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 and trades
CCISM
Chambre Consulaire Interprofessionnelle de Saint-Martin
Helps people define a business project and assists with company formalities and tax filing obligations.
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Promote:Saint Martin 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.