Haiti is implementing stricter product labeling regulations, affecting trade. While the measure will have the most impact on the Dominican Republic, it supposedly also applies to imports from the United States.
Tuesday, 1 October 2024 was allowed for a grace period for all products. Yet starting Wednesday, 2 October, all goods entering Haiti must possess a sanitary registration certificate, say the Haitian government officials.
Lesly Theogene, director of Commerce and Industry for the Northeast of Haiti, confirmed to Diario Libre that these new regulations apply to all nations exporting products to Haiti, including the United States.
Dominican merchants operating in the border town of Dajabón expressed their frustration with the sudden imposition of these regulations, labeling them as a form of Haitian blackmail. One merchant argued that Haiti...
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