# Montserrat (MS)

**Capital:** Plymouth  
**Currency:** Ostkaribischer Dollar (XCD) (XCD)  
**Population:** 4'386  
**Area:** 102 km²

Montserrat (ISO code MS) is a small Caribbean island in the northern Lesser Antilles, south of Antigua and north of Guadeloupe. Politically it is a British Overseas Territory with a locally elected parliament and a UK-appointed governor. The economy relies mainly on services, tourism and public-sector activity, while agriculture and fishing play a minor role. Foreign trade is limited and import-dominated (food, fuel, machinery, consumer goods). The Soufriere Hills volcano, active since 1995, destroyed the former capital Plymouth and created a southern exclusion zone, leaving the island heavily dependent on imports through the seaport at Little Bay and John A. Osborne Airport. The currency is the East Caribbean Dollar (XCD), pegged to the US Dollar.

**Top Import Partners:** GB, US, AG, CN, JM

**Top Export Partners:** GB, AG, US

**Top Import Goods:** Nahrungsmittel, Konsumgüter, Erdölprodukte, Baumaterialien, Fahrzeuge

**Top Export Goods:** Agrarprodukte, Dienstleistungen

**Key Airports:**
- [John A. Osborne Airport (MNI)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/john-a-osborne-airport-mni)
- [W H Bramble Airport](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/w-h-bramble-airport-34074)

## Customs & Import

**Import VAT:** Keine MwSt. Stattdessen Konsumsteuer plus Zoll nach CARICOM-Tarif auf CIF  
**Customs complexity:** mittel  
**Customs system:** Elektronische Abwicklung über ASYCUDA; Einfuhrabgaben = Zoll (CARICOM-Tarif) plus Konsumsteuer auf CIF, erhoben durch MCRS am Hafen Little Bay.  
**Customs authority:** [Montserrat Customs and Revenue Service (MCRS), Ministry of Finance](https://mcrs.ms/customs/)

## Logistics & Risk

**Logistics role:** Importabhängige Karibikinsel / Britisches Überseegebiet  
**Economic area:** CARICOM / OECS / ECCU  
**Logistics risk:** mittel  
**Dangerous goods relevance:** gering  
**Pharma/cold chain:** gering

## Sources & Last Verified

- [https://mcrs.ms/customs/](https://mcrs.ms/customs/)
- [https://www.gov.ms/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Customs-Duties-and-Consumption-Tax-Act-1.pdf](https://www.gov.ms/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Customs-Duties-and-Consumption-Tax-Act-1.pdf)
- [https://mcrs.ms/cargo-clearing-process-at-the-montserrat-port-authority-2/](https://mcrs.ms/cargo-clearing-process-at-the-montserrat-port-authority-2/)
- [https://caricom.org/documents/revised-common-external-tariff-of-the-caribbean-community/](https://caricom.org/documents/revised-common-external-tariff-of-the-caribbean-community/)
- [https://statistics.gov.ms/subjects/social-and-demographic-statistics/population-and-demography/](https://statistics.gov.ms/subjects/social-and-demographic-statistics/population-and-demography/)
- [https://mpa.ms/cargo-handling-charges/](https://mpa.ms/cargo-handling-charges/)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Osborne_Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Osborne_Airport)
- [https://carib-export.com/blog/making-the-uk-cariforum-epa-work-for-post-brexit-uk-cariforum-trade/](https://carib-export.com/blog/making-the-uk-cariforum-epa-work-for-post-brexit-uk-cariforum-trade/)

*Last verified: 2026-06-26*

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