Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 6 April 2016, the Haitian Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee called for the ending of the import ban on 23 Dominican products that the former President Michel Martelly administration imposed in 2015. The committee said: “Many locals are affected by this decision and the people remain economically inactive, all of which compounds the effects of the drought along many areas of the border where people’s livelihoods depend on commercial activities.”
The items from the Dominican Republic that have been banned from crossing the border by land include cement, cooking oil, soap, detergent and distilled water.
Commerce Commission chairman Jude Destine described the boycott of Dominican products as “a plan by the Haitian oligarchy against the middle class, with the aim of establishing a monopoly on certain products along the border.” He added: “We have to work so that everyone has the opportunity to have a job and do business.”
Haitian Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles called the meeting to present his explanations in the Chamber of Deputies about the boycott of the Dominican products.
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