Vice-president of the Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) Kai Schoenhal announced that she is working on an agreement that would make exporters exempt from paying the ITBIS tax when they buy from their suppliers. Schoenhal is quoted in Hoy as saying that this initiative is similar to one that is applied to the tourism sector. Schoenhal says that the supplier would have to be registered with the Tax Department (DGII) to be exempt from the ITBIS tax. She is optimistic that the agreement could come into effect as early as next month.