I lived in Santiago for 2 years and have married a Dominican gal who gave birth to our twins there in Santiago. We now live in my home state of Utah where mangoes are brought in from New Zealand and avocadoes from Mexico. I experienced the huge waste of the abundant, big and delicious Mango and Avocado crops there in Cibao Valley. Here's my idea. Start a export business with a trusted Dominican (my wife's brother), arrange for shipping of the fruits to some wholesaler in the US, don't start a farm rather send out flyers via moto conchistas to surrounding farmers/land owners offering to buy their fruit with them delivering the fruit to some central spot near or in Santiago then haul them up to Puerto Plata and ship them out with, of course, my Santiago partner making all necessary payments and getting appovals from the wonderfully helpful and resonable DR gov't. Is this logical? It seems odd that such high quality produce is not used for the benefit of the people and commerce. Non sarcastic comments are invited. Thanks Rhino R