Compliance Requirements
Information which stakeholders (exporters, declarants and members of the public) need to know while undertaking export activities.
Mauritius
Official links
Customs Formalities
All declarations and processing are done electronically through the TradeNet Single Window system
Authorisation & Permits
Mauritius Chamber of Commerce Guide to Import & export: This guide is intended to provide businesses importing and exporting goods into Mauritius with an overview of the general importing and exporting process.
Packaging & Labelling Requirements
Labeling and marking requirements are governed by the Legal Metrology Act.
HACCP/SPS Requirements
MS 133 standard - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system.
Tax Information
The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) is the central body responsible for tax administration, customs operations, and revenue enforcement, operating a modern self-assessment system with strong digital processes, and playing a key role in both public finance and trade facilitation.
Trade Agreements
Mauritius operates a highly diversified trade agreement network, combining regional African integration (SADC, COMESA, AfCFTA), major bilateral FTAs (India, China, UK & Turkey), and preferential access to EU/US markets and AGOA.
Trade Finance Providers
Central Bank of Mauritius and trade finance banks.
Trade Promotion Agency
List of websites of public and private sector trade promotion agencies.
Tariffs
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
115 tariff lines
| HS code | Product | MFN | AfCFTA | COMESA-FTA | COMESA-PTA | EU iEPA | IOC | Mauritius-China FTA | Mauritius-Turkiye FTA | Mauritius-India CECPA | Mauritius-Pakistan PTA | SADC | UK-ESA EPA | Mauritius-UAE CEPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4818.90.10 | Other | 30% | 30% | 0% | 3% | 30% | 0% | 15% | 30% | 75 tons @ 15% duty | 30% | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 4818.90.90 | Other | 30% | 30% | 0% | 3% | 30% | 0% | 15% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 4819.10.00 | Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4819.20.00 | Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4819.30.00 | Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4819.40.00 | Other sacks and bags, including cones | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4819.50.00 | Other packing containers, including record sleeves | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4819.60.00 | Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.10.00 | Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 20 tons @ 0 % | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.20.00 | Exercise books | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 15 tons @ 0% duty | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.30.00 | Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.40.00 | Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.50.00 | Albums for samples or for collections | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 10 tons @ 7.5% duty | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4820.90.00 | Other | 15% | 15% | 0% | 1.5% | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | 10 tons @ 7.5% duty | 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4821.10.00 | Printed | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4821.90.00 | Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4822.10.00 | Of a kind used for winding textile yarn | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4822.90.00 | Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4823.20.00 | Filter paper and paperboard | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4823.40.00 | Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self-recording apparatus | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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Export and Import Requirements
Compliance Requirements
Mauritius' Trade Portal - Mauritius Trade Easy provides trade related information to facilitate imports and exports in Mauritius. Other government agencies such as the Mauritius Revenue Authority and Mauritius Economic Development Board also provide trade-related information.