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Export from Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

1. What Saint Pierre and Miquelon sells, and who buys it

Top goods exports

2025

  1. 1. Mollusks (HS 0307)US$1.1 million
  2. 2. Crustaceans (HS 0306)US$601,956
  3. 3. Fresh beef (HS 0201)US$180,644
  4. 4. Fresh fish (HS 0302)US$89,941
  5. 5. Sea cucumbers and other aquatic invertebrates (HS 0308)US$72,622
  6. 6. Electronic waste and scrap (HS 8549)US$69,387
  7. 7. Activated carbon (HS 3802)US$53,351
  8. 8. Cars and other motor vehicles (HS 8703)US$50,862
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  1. 9. Frozen fish (HS 0303)US$46,191
  2. 10. Other iron or steel articles (HS 7326)US$42,855
  3. 11. Fuel wood (HS 4401)US$33,332
  4. 12. Ferrous scrap (HS 7204)US$26,173
  5. 13. Retreaded or used tires (HS 4012)US$25,406
  6. 14. Worn clothing (HS 6309)US$24,385
  7. 15. Narrow knitted fabrics (HS 6003)US$21,826
  8. 16. Mattress supports and bedding (HS 9404)US$21,375
  9. 17. Electrical transformers and converters (HS 8504)US$20,477
  10. 18. Other furniture (HS 9403)US$20,391
  11. 19. Iron and steel structures (HS 7308)US$19,915
  12. 20. Recovered paper and paperboard (HS 4707)US$19,611
  • Reported by the buying countries as imports, valued by each importing country (CIF or FOB, as each reports it), not at export. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • UN Comtrade holds no annual data reported by the archipelago, and IEDOM prints no 2025 table of exports by product, so the ranking uses importing countries' reports. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Partners reported US$5,622,867 of imports from the archipelago in 2025, or US$3,433,229 without Czechia's lines; French customs recorded EUR 1,953,967. Never compute shares across the two. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Czechia reported US$2,189,638 of imports from the archipelago in 2025, 38.9 percent of the total, and US$449 in 2024; these one-year lines are left out of the ranking. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Commodities not specified by kind (HS 9999) are 17.2 percent of 2025 imports reported by partners, net of Czechia's lines; they are in the total but not ranked. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Slovakia alone reports fresh beef worth US$180,644 in 2025; no national source lists beef among the archipelago's exports, so check this line before you use it. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • Fuels (HS 2710) and one floating structure (HS 8907) are left out under the mirror rules, although IEDOM says customs count fuel sales to foreign vessels. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • No change on 2024 is shown: 36 reporters in 2024 and 31 in 2025 differ by 13.9 percent, so the two years are not comparable. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Source: UN Comtrade, partners' imports from the archipelago by product, 2025⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

Where the goods go

2025, share of goods exports

  • France35%
  • Canada21%
  • United States9%
  • IEDOM's customs chart names three destinations, France (35 percent), Canada (21) and the United States (9); other European Union members are 3 percent and other countries 32. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)
  • The chart gives percentages, not values, so no destination value is shown; IEDOM's 2024 report says exports since 2023 went mostly to the United States. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

Source: IEDOM, annual economic report 2025 (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025

  • Only 8 product lines reach 0.5 percent of partners' reported imports and US$50,000 in 2025, and no line below rank 30 reaches US$1 million. Source⁠ (opens in a new tab)

2. What to look into next

Our reading

Promote:Global’s reading of the figures above, not a source’s statement, and not advice.

3. 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)

    Goods originating in the archipelago enter the European Union free of import duty, and registered exporters make out a statement on origin.

    Rules-based preference: the Annex II origin rules apply, and the Decision's funding program runs to December 31, 2027.

    Source: Council of the European Union, Decision 2021/1764, Official Journal text⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of October 7, 2021

  • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

    A seller cannot rely on it: IEDOM says the archipelago is not directly concerned, as it lies outside the European Union's customs territory.

    IEDOM notes that a 2016 French Treasury mission judged the archipelago could gain indirectly through regional trade and tourism.

    Source: IEDOM, annual economic report 2025 (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of June 26, 2026

4. Steps to export

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

Exporting from Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  1. Register the business through the chamber's formalities center, which files on the national electronic one-stop shop.Chambre d’Agriculture, de Commerce, d’Industrie, de Métiers et de l’ArtisanatEUR 82.50 including tax for a sole proprietorship; EUR 115 for a companyOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

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

  2. Confirm your local tax obligations, such as the business license tax and corporate tax, with the tax directorate, which assesses them under the Collectivité's tax code.Direction des Services FiscauxOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Prefecture, page on the tax directorate (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  3. For fish, other food and plant products, request the export certificate from the veterinary services.Direction des Territoires, de l’Alimentation et de la MerOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Prefecture, food and sea directorate page (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

  4. For seafood, confirm the fishing quota the Prefect has allocated for your species before you schedule an export.Préfecture de Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: IEDOM, annual economic report 2025 (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of June 26, 2026

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  1. Declare the shipment to customs under an export regime code, for example 1000 for permanent export.Service des Douanes de Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: Collectivité territoriale, customs declaration order 451/2016 (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of February 23, 2016

  2. Ask the chamber's International Service for an export diagnostic and its guide to export procedures for Canada.Chambre d’Agriculture, de Commerce, d’Industrie, de Métiers et de l’ArtisanatOfficial page⁠ (opens in a new tab)

    Source: CACIMA, international service page (in French)⁠ (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026

5. Organizations that help exporters

Start with CACIMA and Douanes. Each card links to the organization’s own site.

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

  • The archipelago has 5,790 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)

Export development and market information

Customs and tax

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Standards and sector requirements

Chambers and industry associations

6. Worth knowing

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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.