Director General of the AGM, Gérald Remplais•©️photo : Primature
Port-au-Prince, 13 January 2026.- The General Administration of Customs (AGD) recorded record revenues between October and December 2025, totalling more than 35 billion gourdes. These results were announced on Tuesday 13 January at the 32nd National Tuesdays, where the institution also presented new measures to modernize its services, facilitate customs clearance and strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking.
In the first three months of fiscal year 2025-2026, customs revenues reached unprecedented levels: 11.24 billion gourdes in October, 10.58 billion gourdes in November and 13.26 billion gourdes in December. According to the Director General of AMD, Gérald Remplais, this performance is the result of increased controls at ports, border crossings and major customs clearance centres, supported by joint operations with the National Police against illicit drug trafficking, weapons and goods.
At the same time, the ADG has embarked on a modernisation process aimed at improving the efficiency of its services and the transparency of procedures. Among the measures announced are the establishment of a messaging system integrated with the automated customs system allowing to estimate in advance the fees to be paid, the online payment as well as the optimization of workspaces, particularly at the customs of Cap-Haitien. The institution also intends to strengthen its communication with economic actors and the general public in order to facilitate an understanding of its tasks and procedures.
While these institutional advances are welcomed, the increase in customs revenues nevertheless requires a more nuanced analysis. In a training course for economic journalists, economist Kesner Pharel recalled that a continuous increase in imports without strengthening domestic production reveals an economic imbalance, a signal which he believes should alert the authorities to the need to adjust the country's economic strategy.
R.J.
