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Solomon Islands

SB · SLB · Honiara

Selling into Solomon Islands means pricing in Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD) with 2 decimal places, rendering amounts as $123,456.78, applying 10.00% Sales Tax inside the displayed price, and offering the payment methods people there actually use.

Currency
SBD
Sales Tax
10.00%
Payment methods
6
Live FX
n/a
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Money

Currency and formatting

Currency
Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)
Symbol
$ — placed before the amount
Decimal places
2
Formatted example
$123,456.78
Thousands separator
,
Decimal separator
.
Digit grouping
threes (3)
Live rate
No central-bank source publishes SBD yet
Tax

Tax

tax · SB
10.00% standard Sales Tax Prices tax-inclusive
  • 15% — imported goods
Payments

Payment methods in Solomon Islands

Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.

  • 01 cash on delivery
  • 02 ezipei
  • 03 m selen
  • 04 yousave
  • 05 bank transfer
  • 06 card

Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.

Locale

Locale

Primary
en-SB
Official languages
English
Direction
left-to-right
Date format
DD/MM/YYYY
Measurement
metric
GDPR applies
no
Phone

Phone numbers

Calling code
+677
Mobile format
+677 XX XXXXX
Digits
7
FAQs

Solomon Islands: common questions

What currency does Solomon Islands use?

Solomon Islands uses the Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD), symbol $. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as $123,456.78.

How many decimal places does SBD have?

SBD has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.

What is the Sales Tax rate in Solomon Islands?

The standard Sales Tax rate in Solomon Islands is 10.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.

What payment methods are used in Solomon Islands?

The methods that matter in Solomon Islands, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, ezipei, m selen, yousave, bank transfer, card.

What is the dialling code for Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands's country calling code is +677. Mobile numbers are formatted +677 XX XXXXX (7 digits after the country code).

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solomon-islands.sh 
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