(2026-06) Decree establishing the rectified budget of the Republic of Haiti, FY2025-2026

MEF • 2026

Summary — Decree by the Council of Ministers (Executive, in the absence of a functioning legislature) revising the FY2025-2026 General Budget, published in Le Moniteur Special No. 29 of 5 June 2026. It resets the global budget envelope to HTG 360.3 billion (+4.3% versus the initial budget), citing the security crisis, weaker-than-expected revenue, and urgent security and social spending needs. It also enacts new tax, tariff, and fee measures.

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Key Findings

Global budget envelope rectified upward to HTG 360.311 billion, +4.3% versus the initial FY2025-2026 budget.
Domestic revenue revised down slightly to HTG 243.14 billion (-0.1%), citing weaker-than-projected tax collection amid the security crisis.
Capital expenditure raised 13.1% to HTG 129.997 billion while current expenditure rises only 0.1%.
Overall fiscal balance including grants deteriorates 48.0% to a deficit of HTG 30.459 billion, partly covered by a new HTG 16.453 billion BRH loan.
New supplementary fees introduced on expedited passports/residence permits, and duties suspended on solar-energy equipment and salted/dried fish imports.

Full Description

This decree, issued by the Council of Ministers under the Executive's decree-making power (the legislature being inoperative), establishes the rectified (mid-year revised) General Budget of Haiti for fiscal year 2025-2026, published in Le Moniteur (Journal Officiel), Special No. 29, Friday 5 June 2026. It revises domestic tax and non-tax revenue to HTG 243,140,000,000 (-0.1% vs. the initial budget), budget-support and project grants to HTG 70,115,700,000 (+8.8%), and internal/external financing to HTG 47,055,300,000, bringing the total global envelope to HTG 360,311,000,000 (+4.3%). Total expenditure is revised to HTG 343,714,548,160 (+4.6%), split between current expenditure of HTG 213,717,184,077 and capital expenditure of HTG 129,997,364,083 (+13.1%). The overall balance excluding grants deteriorates to a deficit of HTG 100,574,548,159 (-18.3%), and the overall balance including grants deteriorates to a deficit of HTG 30,458,848,159 (-48.0%), financed in part by a new BRH loan of HTG 16,453,300,000. The decree's preamble attributes the revision to the unpredictable evolution of the security crisis, social disruptions affecting expected fiscal revenue, and the need to increase urgent security- and social-protection-related spending, while revising down economic growth projections. Beyond the budget tables, the decree enacts a series of fiscal and customs measures: a new supplementary fee on expedited/urgent passport issuance and residence permit delivery (HTG 2,000 for urgent, HTG 2,500 for extreme-urgent processing, HTG 1,500 for a new residence permit), split 75% to the Treasury and 25% to the immigration directorate (DIE); revised excise rates on imported and locally-produced alcoholic beverages and energy drinks; a 15% excise on tomato paste, ketchup and tomato sauces; new customs duty rates on a list of tariff lines (sausages/meat preparations, cosmetics, shampoos, deodorants, toilet soap, toilet paper, tissues, napkins, hygienic products); a full suspension of duties and levies on solar energy equipment (lithium batteries, photovoltaic panels) destined for domestic solar production, storage or distribution; a suspension of duties on dried and salted cod and salted herring; new compliance obligations and fines for LPG (propane) importers, distributors and micro-centers regarding tax-clearance (quitus fiscal) and operating licenses; and a revision of the withholding tax regime on royalties, licensing fees and cross-border services payments (20% withholding), and on fringe benefits/overtime pay (15% withholding as an advance on income tax).

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Time Coverage

2025-10 — 2026-09

Keywords

budget rectificatif, exercice fiscal 2025-2026, Le Moniteur, decret, Conseil des Ministres, tableau des operations financieres de l'Etat, droits de douane, accise, emprunt BRH

Entities

MEF, Conseil des Ministres, DGI, DIE (Direction de l'Immigration et de l'Emigration), BRH, FMI, Le Moniteur

Notes

Cover page (Le Moniteur Special No. 29) is dated Friday 5 June 2026; used 2026-06 as the publication month prefix. Decree is issued by the Council of Ministers under Executive decree power, the legislature being explicitly noted as inoperative in the preamble; organization is tagged MEF for consistency with other Haitian budget documents in this batch, though the legal issuer is the Executive/Council of Ministers. Figures transcribed from the summary financial-operations table (page 7) and the equilibrium table (page 8); detailed line-item tables by ministry (pages 9-10 onward) were not fully transcribed into key_numbers.