Who can export ?

All individuals, companies, SMEs are eligible to export provided they satisfy the following criteria:

• Registered at the registrar of Business
• It must have a certificate of incorporation
• Registered at Customs
• VAT registered

You have decided to export, but have you checked your products are fitted for the markets you are considering? In order to answer this question, you should perform a market study.

What will provide the market study?

Target export country

Which export countries?

You will have to select your targeted market with care, depending on the financial capacity of your company, on how far you want to sell your products, regarding transport costs, custom duties, local norms…
Mauritius has several trade agreements with many countries which you should consider when thinking about new markets. The main agreements are:

Get prepared to export

Is your company ready to export (diagnostic)

Before exporting, you should ask yourself some questions in order to check the strengths and weaknesses of your company.
You should check the 5 following points:

• Motivation of the manager. Ask yourself why you want to export