Invest in Suriname: framework, capital flows and due diligence

• Foreign investors may own 100% of businesses in every sector except petroleum, where participation runs through agreements with Staatsolie.
• Companies must be registered with the Suriname Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKF).
• Incentives under the 2001 Investment Act expired in July 2007; a revision to align with the CARICOM investment code had not been completed.
• For larger projects, the government tends to negotiate terms one-to-one with the investor.

The Suriname Investment and Trade Agency (SITA) supports investors outside oil and gas and promotes agribusiness, business services, energy and mining, tourism, forestry, and food and drink.[2][3]

Offshore oil: GranMorgu's investment was estimated at around US$10.5 billion at FID in October 2024.[4]

Staatsolie raised financing in 2025 to fund its participation in GranMorgu, including a bond and a syndicated loan, according to industry reporting.[5]

Mining: Zijin Mining completed its roughly US$360 million acquisition of Rosebel Gold Mines in 2023.[6]

Oil-linked activity is likely to raise demand for offices, warehousing, yards, logistics facilities and housing for project staff around Paramaribo — but timing depends on operator decisions, not on announcements.

The 2025 MOFCOM country guide reported commercial rents in Paramaribo of about US$10–15 per m² per month and land prices in central Paramaribo of €100–250 per m². These are indicative, not valuations.[1]

• Who exactly is the counterparty, who controls it, and what else do they own or represent?
• Is the title clean and is the land use permitted for your purpose?
• Which approvals are needed, from which ministry, and who has obtained them before?
• What incentives are realistically negotiable, and are they documented?
• What is your exit, and in which currency?