DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic’s exports have hit an all-time high, soaring past the US$10.6 billion mark in the first nine months of 2025, according to the nation’s export and investment promotion center, ProDominicana.

Exports from January to September 2025 are up a robust year-over-year growth of 10.2%. The record highs for two leading Dominican commodities, gold and cacao, lead the significant growth. The nine-month export figure marks the highest level ever recorded for the first three quarters of a year.

ProDominicana executive director Biviana Riveiro Disla highlighted that the surge was propelled by key products:• Crude gold (+53.4%)• Cocoa beans (+64.1%)• Iron bars (+69.3%)• Medical instruments and devices (+3.0%)• Plastic articles (+10.1%)• Bananas (+5.4%)• Portland cement (+21.2%)

Riveiro emphasized the diversification and strength of the Dominican export portfolio, noting that 1,363 tariff lines—individual product categories—showed positive growth.

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