During last year, the E. Leon Jimenez Company paid over RD$3,859 (around 240US$ million) in taxes to the Dominican state. This represents close to 10% of the total income of the state for the year. The Leon Jimenez Company brews and distributes beer, manufactures cigars and various food stuffs. It also holds the Phillip Morris franchise for the DR, whereby it produces millions of packs of Marlboro cigarettes. The Company’s Communications Director, Teodoro Hidalgo, said that its products continue to see an increase in sales, and are now being marketed beyond the DR’s borders.
