The Commonwealth Roundtable of the Dominican Republic announced on Monday, 12 March 2018, the signing of agreements with several private and public entities to promote the advantageous geographic position of the Dominican Republic and the potential of the country as a major distribution center for the Americas to its 53 member countries.
Fernando González Nicolás of the Commonwealth announced the signing of the agreement that calls for the establishment of the Dominican Republic as “The Supermarket of the Caribbean”. The intention is to build upon efforts already underway in this direction through new legislation and investments by the government to increase trade. Among these measures is the strengthening of the National Competitiveness Council, creating improvements and efficiencies in customs and port infrastructure, the establishment of the single window for foreign trade, the strengthening of the Caribbean Exports Table and Trade Facilitation Commission, and the designation of 2018 as the Year for the Promotion of Exports.
Signing the Commonwealth Roundtable agreement were: the presidents of the Association of Dominican Center and Logistics Operators (Asologic), represented by Salvador Figueroa Sánchez; Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo), represented by Alvaro Sousa Sevilla; and the Dominican Shippers Association (ANRD), represented by Ewald Heinsen Bogaert.
Participating as witnesses for the Dominican government were: the executive directors of the National Competitiveness Council, Rafael Paz Familia, and Dominican Port Authority, Víctor Gómez Casanova.
Also present as witnesses were UK Ambassador Chris Campbell, Canada Ambassador Shauna Hemingway. Also honorary consuls for Australia Fernando Rainieri; Bahamas, Hernando Pérez Montás; Barbados, Emilio Hasbún; Trinidad Federico Reyes. For the Embassy of Jamaica, its business attache Thomas Allan Marley participated. Also present were Guillermo Alvarez and Francesca Ortíz, vice president and executive director respectively, of the British Chamber of Commerce. Others attending were José Miguel Vega and Odile Miniño, vice president and executive vice president for the Dminican Export Association (Adoexpo).
Others participating for the Commonwealth Roundtable were Roberto Herrera, vice president; and José María Cabral, secretary, and Campos de Moya, treasurer.
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13 March 2018
