Micro-import activity

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UpGrowth fee for micro-importation from 60 000 DZD excl. VAT, with VAT of 19 % added on the fee only. Starting price, not a firm quote. The general authorisation of the Ministry of Foreign Trade is added (fee of 90 000 DZD excl. VAT), so from 150 000 DZD excl. VAT for the card plus the authorisation.

Activity record

The activity "Micro-import activity" is registered under code 080101 in the official ANAE nomenclature, the list of activities the Agence Nationale de l'Auto-Entrepreneur opens to the auto-entrepreneur status in Algeria. The code belongs to the Micro-import activity domain, which groups 1 of the 1 564 eligible activities.

Read the code from left to right: the first two digits identify the domain (080000), the first four the activity family (0801, 1 activities including this one), and the last two the activity itself. You select this exact wording from the drop-down list when you file on anae.dz, so the label matters as much as the number.

Micro-importation: a regime of its own

Micro-importation (ANAE code 080101) is not an ordinary activity of the auto-entrepreneur status: it has a regime of its own, set by executive decree n° 25-170 of 28 June 2025 (JO n° 40 of 2025). The ordinary auto-entrepreneur turnover ceiling of 5,000,000 DA a year is not the limit of this activity: its limits are those of the decree.

• What it covers (art. 2, 3 and 8): imports made personally by a natural person with auto-entrepreneur status, during trips abroad, for resale in Algeria, of limited quantities of goods worth at most 1,800,000 DA per trip, at most two trips a month. The annual tourist allowance is not counted. Any excess is forbidden.
• Documents required (art. 6, 11 and 12): the auto-entrepreneur card must carry the micro-importation domain or activity (ANAE, code 080101), together with a general authorisation from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, issued within five (5) working days, valid for one (1) year, renewable, personal and non-transferable. Actually carrying on the activity is conditional on it.
• Conditions (art. 5 and 7): legal working age, Algerian nationality and residence in Algeria, no other paid activity (salaried, commercial or liberal profession), CASNOS affiliation, a foreign-currency account at the Banque extérieure d'Algérie (BEA), financing from one's own foreign currency. The activity ends entitlement to unemployment benefit.
• Advantages (art. 4): simplified accounting on a register numbered and initialled by the tax services, no trade register, no prior import authorisations, a 5 % customs duty and a specific tax regime under the legislation in force. The decree does not give a rate for that tax regime: its detail is on the dedicated page.
• Obligations (art. 6, 13 and 14): declare the goods before each import on the digital platform of the ministry in charge of start-ups, linked to Customs; labels (name, address, designation, origin) and simplified delivery notes; products must have more than half of their shelf life left at import.
• Excluded (art. 9): prohibited goods and sensitive products, sensitive equipment (executive decree n° 09-410), pharmaceutical products, goods needing special authorisations, goods harmful to security, public order or morals.
• Registration (art. 10): in the national auto-entrepreneur register, under executive decree n° 23-197.

Source: executive decree n° 25-170 of 28 June 2025, JO n° 40 of 2025.

Eligibility for the auto-entrepreneur status

"Micro-import activity" is on the ANAE list under code 080101 (domain Micro-import activity), but it does not follow the ordinary rules of the status: executive decree n° 25-170 of 28 June 2025 sets its conditions, its quota and its documents, set out in the "Micro-importation: a regime of its own" block above. The ordinary auto-entrepreneur turnover ceiling of 5,000,000 DA a year is not the limit of this activity.

It is the only activity on the list that consists of reselling goods: the others are services. It covers only imports made personally during trips abroad, in limited quantities. Classic commercial importing stays closed to the status: it requires an EURL or a SARL.

Being on the list is a necessary condition, not a sufficient one. You also need the card carrying the micro-importation domain, the general authorisation of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and compliance with the conditions of article 5 of the decree. A project that goes beyond that frame (value, frequency, excluded goods) belongs in a company.

How to register for this activity

Official anae.dz procedure, in order

1. Step 1: Check that code 080101 is the right one

   Compare what you actually intend to do with the wording "Micro-import activity". ANAE filings are made against a fixed list, not free text, so a wrong pick means a rejection. Also confirm your project stays within the limits of executive decree n° 25-170: goods worth at most 1,800,000 DA per trip, two trips a month at most.

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2. Step 2: Create your anae.dz account

   Registration is online only, on the official ANAE portal. You confirm an email address with a code, then an Algerian mobile number by SMS. That account stays your workspace afterwards for your file, supporting documents and card renewal; the IFU itself is declared to the DGI via the G12 and G12 bis forms.

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3. Step 3: Fill the form and pick "Micro-import activity"

   Enter your identity exactly as printed on your national ID card, your 18-digit NIN, your address and your governing wilaya, then select the Micro-import activity domain and this activity in the drop-down list. Upload your ID card front and back, a proof of address under 3 months old and a white-background photo.

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4. Step 4: Review, card and CASNOS

   Décret exécutif n° 23-197 of 25 May 2023 (art. 17), JO n° 37 of 4 June 2023 page 11, sets a maximum of three (3) working days to process the national register application, counted from the filing date. The card is issued once the registration is accepted (art. 20), with no collection deadline set by the decree. We therefore announce none. Article 18 provides that the applicant is notified electronically either that the registration is accepted or that it is rejected, and article 24 gives thirty (30) days to appeal a rejection to the competent services of the minister in charge of start-ups, who then has thirty (30) days to answer. Affiliate with CASNOS within ten (10) days of the start of the activity, article 6 of loi 83-14 as rewritten by article 5 of loi 04-17, JO n° 72 of 13 November 2004 page 7. For micro-importation the card is not enough: the general authorisation of the Ministry of Foreign Trade is required before you start (executive decree n° 25-170, arts. 6, 11 and 12).

   Max 3 working days, decret 23-197 art. 17

CASNOS and IFU for this activity

The charges of micro-importation are not those of the other ANAE activities. Executive decree n° 25-170 (art. 4) provides for a 5 % customs duty and a specific tax regime under the legislation in force, without giving a rate for that regime itself. The tax and customs detail is set out on the page "Auto-entrepreneur and importing" and in the digest of the decree: it is not found in the rules of the yearly IFU on turnover that apply to the other activities.

On the social side, CASNOS affiliation is a condition of exercise (art. 5 of the decree). It is due within ten (10) days of the start of the activity, article 6 of loi 83-14 as rewritten by article 5 of loi 04-17 (JO n° 72 of 13 November 2004, page 7).

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions asked about this self-employed activity

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