São Tomé & Príncipe
São Tomé & Príncipe: 2 company types, its taxes, banking and business environment.
Forming a company
Company types in São Tomé & Príncipe
The 2 forms a founder can choose here, each with its own figures. Open one for its sources.
Doing business here
Business accounts
Providers whose own published list of countries names São Tomé & Príncipe. A listing means a company formed here may apply, not that it will be accepted.
Not in our records No provider's country list has been read for São Tomé & Príncipe.
EU listings
Two lists a bank checks when it opens an account for a company or its owner.
- EU high-risk third countries (AML)
- Not listed
- EU non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
- Not listedOfficial EUR-Lex, 52026XG01465, Annex I as of 2026-02-17
Official sites
The authorities’ own sites for São Tomé & Príncipe: where to register, file and check.
Blocs and agreements
The trade arrangements São Tomé & Príncipe belongs to, as each arrangement’s own texts state them: since when, and what each covers. What a membership means for a business is for you to judge.
- African Continental Free Trade Area
- Free trade area · since 27 June 2019
Covers goods, services.
Quote
means a Member State that has ratified or acceded to this Agreement and for which the Agreement is in force
Regional and customs arrangements only, 36 of them; bilateral trade agreements are not yet in our records.
Tax
Company tax
Tax, and what the company owes the registry each year.
- Corporate income tax
- Not in our records
- Distributions
- Not in our records
- Audit
- Not in our records
- Small-company relief
- Not in our records
- Annual obligations
- Not in our records
- Annual registry fee
- Not in our records
VAT
The tax on what the company sells in São Tomé & Príncipe, and when it must register, as the tax authority states it.
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for São Tomé & Príncipe.
Tax calendar
When the main returns and payments fall due in São Tomé & Príncipe, tax year 2026, as the tax authority states it.
- Corporate tax return
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Corporate tax, final payment
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Corporate tax, instalments
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Personal income-tax return
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Personal income tax, final payment
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Personal income tax, instalments
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- VAT return
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
- Payroll withholding
- Not in our records
financas.gov.st inaccessible when checked
Running the company
Running a company here
Not in our records The authorities’ pages on running a company have not been read for São Tomé & Príncipe yet.
Economy and trade
What it exports
Goods São Tomé & Príncipe exported, by product, as a share of its goods exports each year. Exports include goods passing through for re-export. A share describes São Tomé & Príncipe’s own trade; it does not compare places.
| Product (HS heading) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Value, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted HS 1801 | 36.4% | 16.5% | 43.0% | US$21 m |
| Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified HS 1511 | 29.6% | 8.4% | 13.8% | US$7 m |
| Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude HS 2709 | under 0.05% | 54.2% | 12.9% | US$6 m |
| Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up HS 8908 | under 0.05% | under 0.05% | 9.3% | US$5 m |
| Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 HS 8708 | 2.5% | 8.5% | 5.8% | US$3 m |
| Turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines HS 8411 | 10.1% | 2.1% | 3.2% | US$2 m |
| Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders HS 8525 | under 0.05% | under 0.05% | 1.3% | US$1 m |
| Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 HS 0302 | under 0.05% | under 0.05% | 0.74% | US$0 m |
| Parts of goods of heading 8801, 8802 or 8806 HS 8807 | 1.8% | 3.3% | 0.65% | US$0 m |
| Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1000 V HS 8535 | under 0.05% | under 0.05% | 0.57% | US$0 m |
Total goods exports, 2024: US$49 m. The ten largest headings are shown.