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Export from Wallis and Futuna
A short guide for companies selling from Wallis and Futuna: the export figures, the agreements and their limits, the main steps and who can help, each with its source.
1. What Wallis and Futuna sells, and who buys it
Goods exports
US$599,048
Merchandise exports were US$599,048 in 2025: partners' reported imports from the territory, net of two one-year reports, unspecified goods and fuels.
Source: UN Comtrade, partners' imports from Wallis and Futuna, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Top goods exports
2025
- 1. Aluminum waste and scrap (HS 7602)US$160,427
- 2. Copper waste and scrap (HS 7404)US$143,829
- 3. Iron and steel articles (HS 7326)US$43,880
- 4. Electrical and electronic waste (HS 8549)US$30,174
- 5. Nickel articles (HS 7508)US$18,883
- 6. Integrated circuits (HS 8542)US$17,722
- 7. Costume jewelry (HS 7117)US$17,594
- 8. Vulcanized rubber articles (HS 4016)US$15,285
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- 9. Computers (HS 8471)US$11,921
- 10. Flow, level and pressure gauges (HS 9026)US$10,766
- 11. Surveying instruments (HS 9015)US$10,100
- 12. Heating and cooling machinery (HS 8419)US$9,102
- 13. Turbojets and gas turbines (HS 8411)US$8,464
- 14. Tracksuits, ski suits and swimwear (HS 6112)US$7,871
- 15. Game consoles and table games (HS 9504)US$6,674
- 16. Jams and fruit pastes (HS 2007)US$6,376
- 17. Telephones and network equipment (HS 8517)US$5,842
- 18. Beer (HS 2203)US$5,721
- 19. Plastic tubes and fittings (HS 3917)US$5,487
- 20. Toys (HS 9503)US$5,021
- 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 territory since 2006, and no national export table is published, so the ranking uses importing countries’ reports. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Partners reported US$1,521,720 in 2025; the total shown, US$599,048, leaves out France’s machines (US$438,614), Niger’s cars (US$361,814), unspecified goods (US$122,105) and fuels (US$138). Source (opens in a new tab)
- France’s machines (HS 8479) and Niger’s cars (HS 8703) were each over 10 percent of 2025 reports and absent from those partners’ 2024 reports, so they are left out. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Australia’s aluminum waste (HS 7602) is new in 2025 and kept, because the IEOM reports aluminum and copper exports to an Australian recycler from January 2025. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Commodities not specified by kind (HS 9999) are 8.0 percent of partners’ 2025 reports; they are left out of the total shown and not ranked. Source (opens in a new tab)
- No change on 2024 is shown: 44 reporters in 2024 and 38 in 2025 differ by 13.6 percent, so the two years are not comparable. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Most lines are reported by one or two importing countries and may be returned goods or re-exports, not local products. Source (opens in a new tab)
Source: UN Comtrade, partners' imports from Wallis and Futuna, products 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Where the goods go
2025, share of goods exports
- Australia44.1%
- France13.6%
- United Kingdom10.8%
- United States9.8%
- Slovakia5.7%
- Sri Lanka3.4%
- New Zealand2.7%
- Canada2.1%
- 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)
- Shares are of partners’ 2025 reports net of the two one-year lines, US$721,292, which still include unspecified goods. Source (opens in a new tab)
- Of the United States’ reported US$70,519, 97.9 percent is unspecified goods (HS 9999), so its share mostly reflects that line. Source (opens in a new tab)
Source: UN Comtrade, partners' imports from Wallis and Futuna, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
- Only 2 product lines, aluminum and copper waste, reach 0.5 percent of the net total 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
Australia takes 44.1% of Wallis and Futuna’s goods exports. If you sell there, its import rules and buyer channels come first; either way, compare at least one other market before you commit.
Source: UN Comtrade, partners' imports from Wallis and Futuna, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Based on: Where the goods go
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 that originate in the territory enter the European Union free of import duty, with no quantitative restrictions.
Rules-based preference: Annex II origin rules apply, and the European Union keeps health and public policy restrictions.
Source: Council of the European Union, Decision 2021/1764, Official Journal text (opens in a new tab) · as of October 7, 2021
4. Steps to export
The main steps, in order, each with the body responsible and its official page.
Exporting from Wallis and Futuna
- Register the business: enter it in the commercial register at the Mata'Utu court and register for the patente, a territory tax on for-profit activity.Service des Douanes et Contributions diversesFixed patente of 10,000 to 900,000 CFP francs plus a 30 percent chamber surchargeOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: Prefecture, business license tax (patente) page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- For food, animal or plant products, declare the goods at departure and get the export health certificate from the SIVAP service.Service d'État de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de la PêcheOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: Prefecture, SIVAP export formalities page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Clear the goods at the customs office, which applies the territory's own customs code and rates.Service des Douanes et Contributions diversesOfficial page (opens in a new tab)
Source: French customs, Wallis customs office job description, 2023 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
5. Organizations that help exporters
Start with CCIMA and Douanes et Contributions diverses. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- The guide lists every national body found with evidence dated 2025 or later; nine organizations qualify. Source (opens in a new tab)
Export development and market information
- Research markets
Territory statistics office
STSEE
Service Territorial de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
Publishes census results, consumer and building price indices, and traffic and tourism statistics for the territory.
Visit STSEE (opens in a new tab)Source: STSEE, Wallis and Futuna statistics office home page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
- Meet requirements
Central bank agency
IEOM
Institut d'émission d'outre-mer
Regional body
Issues the CFP franc and publishes the annual and quarterly economic reports on the territory from its Mata'Utu agency.
Visit IEOM (opens in a new tab)Source: IEOM, Wallis and Futuna agency page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Customs and tax
- Meet requirements
Customs and tax service
Douanes et Contributions diverses
Service des Douanes et Contributions diverses
Clears goods at the Wallis and Futuna customs offices, collects duties and keeps the business license (patente) register.
Public finance directorate
DFIP
Direction des Finances Publiques
Collects non-tax public revenue, keeps the territory's public accounts and gives financial advice to local authorities and businesses.
Visit DFIP (opens in a new tab)Source: Prefecture, public finance directorate page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Standards and sector requirements
- Meet requirements
Agriculture and fisheries service
SEAFP
Service d'État de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de la Pêche
Its SIVAP unit carries out the sanitary control of food, animal and plant products at import and export.
Visit SEAFP (opens in a new tab)Source: Prefecture, SIVAP sanitary inspection formalities page (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Chambers and industry associations
- Get advice
Interconsular chamber
CCIMA
Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie, des Métiers et de l'Agriculture de Wallis et Futuna
Advises business owners on territorial aid, helps with business creation and bank accounts, and works with the New Caledonian chamber on export support.
Visit CCIMA (opens in a new tab)Source: IEOM, Wallis and Futuna annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of July 10, 2026
6. Worth knowing
Very small export base
The IEOM says exports are almost nonexistent because the productive base is weak and markets are far; they covered 0.5 percent of imports in 2024.
What to do: Confirm that a buyer and a shipping route exist before you commit stock.
Source: IEOM, Wallis and Futuna annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Logistics and border performance
The IEOM says freight is costly because import volumes are small and containers often return empty, and Futuna has a container ship every four to five weeks.
What to do: Get a freight quote to your destination that includes the leg between the two islands.
Source: IEOM, Wallis and Futuna annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
Public-sector economy
The IEOM says the public sector is 63 percent of declared salaried jobs and 84 percent of declared payroll, and public demand was 73 percent of GDP in 2019.
What to do: Check public budgets and project timing with local buyers before you set sales targets.
Source: IEOM, Wallis and Futuna annual economic report 2025 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of November 1, 2026
7. How Promote:Global helps
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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.