Information Guide

Special import regulations:

✓ Animals

✓ Explosive substances

✓ Psychotropic substances

✓ Tobacco products in Madagascar

Administrative obligations of the importer

✓ Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register with the EDBM

✓ Possession of a valid tax card issued by the Direction Générale des Impôts

✓ Obtaining the Statistical Identification Card issued by INSTAT

✓ Declaration of existence to the Fokontany of the location of the company

✓ Obtaining a Professional Identity Card for Non-Employee Foreigners (CIPENS) issued by the Regional Trade Department

✓ Opening a commercial bank account with a primary bank

✓ Establishment of the Import Statistics Sheet (FSI) with the primary bank of the person concerned

Contact information

Finance and Budget Building
Antaninarenina - 101 Antananarivo
Phone: +261 202222916
Email: sed.douane@gmail.com
Website: http://www.douanes.gov.mg/

Import Information

The importation into Madagascar of many goods and products is free. These goods and products are therefore not subject to any prior authorization or import license. However, the import of certain products requires authorization or approval.

Under the authority of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the General Directorate of Customs is responsible for designing and implementing the Government's Customs policy.

The Malagasy customs administration has the following main missions:

  • To achieve the government's objectives in terms of revenue collection,
  • To promote economic growth by facilitating legitimate trade,
  • To protect citizens and the environment by fighting against illicit trafficking, and to secure the international supply chain.

    Texts governing importation

      • Customs Code 2019
      • Code of Conduct
      • Law 2005-020 of October 17, 2005 on competition
      • Law 2015-014 of June 19, 2015 on guarantees and consumer protection
      • Decree No. 92-424 of 04/04/92 regulating imports of goods from abroad and exports of goods to foreign countries
      • Decree No. 93-243 of 27/04/93 and its implementing order No. 3961/93 of 06/08/93 setting the procedures for monitoring and determining the concentration levels of radionuclides in foodstuffs
      • Decree No. 2007-327 of 04/04/07 repealing Decree No. 2003-170 of 04/03/03 on the regulation of the import and use of Substances Depleting the Ozone Layer; and regulating the import, sale, resale and use of refrigerants, refrigeration appliances or equipment and halons
      • Interministerial Order No. 45-555/2011 of December 28, 2011 prohibiting the import, distribution, sale, use and production of some active ingredients of pesticides in agriculture and chemical products in the industrial sector