The president of the Commonwealth Roundtable in the Dominican Republic, Fernando González Nicolás highlighted the importance of taking measures to stimulate exports and investments with Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean. He said the English-speaking Caribbean (Caricom) is a US$30 billion market. He made the recommendation when speaking at the “How to Do Business with Jamaica Workshop” organized by the Commonwealth Roundtable. He said the Dominican Republic only exports US$180 million to Caricom countries.
González recommends organizing more trade missions with government and private sector participants to Caricom countries and hosting in Santo Domingo more events to attract investors from the region.
He also recommended a more active role of the commercial departments at the Dominican embassies in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago and an increase in regional fairs.
During the event, the president of the Dominican Association of Exporters, Alvaro Sousa said that Jamaica is a great potential market for Dominican produce.
24 August 2017
