A consultancy panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is studying a complaint filed by Costa Rica on 12 September, stating that the application of the 13% exchange rate commission affects their imports to the DR, as reported in Listin Diario. According to the WTO webpage, there are three cases concerning the DR’s trade activities with Honduras and Costa Rica: two are related to the application of a 2% tariff on the imports of cigarettes from Honduras and this one about the exchange rate commission.