Haiti Customs Collects 11.5 Billion Gourdes in October 2026, a Record for the Month

Haiti's General Customs Administration (AGD) collected 11.5 billion gourdes in October 2026, up from 11.3 billion gourdes in the same period a year earlier, an increase of 1.75%, according to Le Nouvelliste. The institution said the figure represents the highest collection ever recorded for a month of October. The agency noted, however, that the progress came in a context marked by a sharp decline in revenue from petroleum products, which fell 72.7% over one year, according to its analysis report. The customs results arrive amid a deteriorating national economic picture. The World Food Programme, citing the Central Bank of Haiti, reported a projected eighth consecutive year of economic contraction, with consumer prices rising 17% year-on-year — food accounting for 10.6 of those 17 points. WFP also reported that an estimated 5.8 million people faced acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and that internally displaced persons exceeded 1.49 million, roughly 12% of the population. Long-delayed elections remain set for December 2026, though by the end of September only about 10% of the adult population, roughly 717,000 people, had registered to vote, according to WFP.