# Wallis and Futuna (WF)

**Capital:** Mata-Utu  
**Currency:** CFP franc (XPF) (XPF)  
**Population:** 11'151  
**Area:** 142 km²

> Wallis and Futuna is a French overseas collectivity in the South Pacific, associated with the EU as an OCT but outside the EU customs and VAT area. It has customs and fiscal autonomy with its own customs code and levies no VAT. Supply is almost entirely by sea via Noumea and Fiji, complemented by air freight. Seaports are Mata-Utu (Wallis) and Leava (Futuna); airports are Hihifo and Pointe Vele. Infrequent calls and high import dependence mean long lead times.

Wallis and Futuna (ISO code: WF) lies in the southwestern Pacific between Fiji and Samoa and consists of the island groups of Wallis and of Futuna and Alofi. Politically it is a French overseas collectivity with a special autonomy status and close administrative ties to France; it is associated with the EU as an Overseas Country and Territory but is outside the EU customs and VAT area. The climate is tropical with year-round high temperatures, high humidity and a pronounced rainy season. The economy is small, shaped by public administration, subsistence activity and financial transfers from France, with very high import dependence for food, fuel, consumer goods and building materials. Logistics infrastructure is limited and centres on the ports of Mata-Utu (Wallis) and Leava (Futuna) plus air links to regional Pacific hubs. There is little independent transit function, as the territory lies off the main international trade routes. The currency is the CFP franc (XPF), pegged to the euro.

**Top Import Partners:** FR, NC, NZ, AU

**Top Export Partners:** FR, NC

**Top Import Goods:** Nahrungsmittel, Treibstoffe, Konsumgüter, Baumaterialien

**Top Export Goods:** Kopra, Dienstleistungen

**Key Airports:**
- [Hihifo Airport (WLS)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/hihifo-airport-wls)
- [Pointe Vele Airport (FUT)](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/pointe-vele-airport-fut)

## Customs & Import

**Import VAT:** Keine TVA/Mehrwertsteuer (nicht anwendbar). Einfuhrabgaben werden nach territorialem Zolltarif und indirekten Steuern erhoben.  
**Customs complexity:** mittel  
**Customs system:** Eigenes Zollrecht (Code des douanes de Wallis-et-Futuna); gegenüber der EU/Frankreich ein Drittgebiet mit Zoll- und Steuerautonomie. Alle Einfuhren sind bei Ankunft zu deklarieren.  
**Customs authority:** [Service des douanes de Wallis-et-Futuna](https://www.douane.wf/)

## Logistics & Risk

**Logistics role:** Französisches Pazifik-Überseegebiet / importabhängige Inselökonomie  
**Economic area:** OCT/PTOM (EU-assoziiert)  
**Logistics risk:** mittel  
**Dangerous goods relevance:** gering  
**Pharma/cold chain:** gering

## Sources & Last Verified

- [https://www.douane.wf/](https://www.douane.wf/)
- [https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/Demarches/Formalites-douanieres](https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/Demarches/Formalites-douanieres)
- [https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/content/download/1471/8748/file/Code%20des%20Douanes%20WF-Version2013.pdf](https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/content/download/1471/8748/file/Code%20des%20Douanes%20WF-Version2013.pdf)
- [https://www.douane.gouv.fr/particuliers/vous-etes-en-outre-mer/territoires-et-collectivites-doutre-mer/iles-de-wallis-et](https://www.douane.gouv.fr/particuliers/vous-etes-en-outre-mer/territoires-et-collectivites-doutre-mer/iles-de-wallis-et)
- [https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/792-PGP.html/identifiant=BOI-TVA-GEO-20-40-20190605](https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/792-PGP.html/identifiant=BOI-TVA-GEO-20-40-20190605)
- [https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/Politiques-publiques/L-Europe-s-engage-a-Wallis-et-Futuna/Wallis-et-Futuna-PTOM-de-l-Union-europeenne](https://www.wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr/Politiques-publiques/L-Europe-s-engage-a-Wallis-et-Futuna/Wallis-et-Futuna-PTOM-de-l-Union-europeenne)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna)
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihifo_Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihifo_Airport)

*Last verified: 2026-07-01*

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