Fernando González Nicolas, president of the Commonwealth Round Table in the Dominican Republic, announced the Dominican Republic experienced a US$664 million trade surplus with Commonwealth countries in 2016. Exports were US$1.47 billion and imports US$782 million.
González said that exports of Commonwealth countries form a conglomerate that would be the third largest trade partner of the country, after the United States and Haiti. González said that of the five main countries the Dominican Republic exports to three are members of the Commonwealth – Canada, India and Great Britain.
González spoke on the World Commonwealth Day event held at the Torre Empresarial on Av. Sarasota with the participation of ambassadors and consuls from Commonwealth countries.
The Commonwealth organization groups 52 countries that span Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.
