Customs requests Haiti revoke defacto ban on 23 Dominican exports

Customs Agency director Enrique Ramírez has requested that the Haitian authorities lift the ban on 23 Dominican foods and industrial products. He said the request has met with some receptivity among officials of the Haitian Customs Agency and the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Haiti. The Haitian authorities have periodically restricted the entry of these 23 products over the past two years. Ramirez made the request on Thursday, 15 March 2018, during a meeting with Haitian officers at the Haiti National Bank convention center in Port au Prince.

“We proposed to address the issue. Dominican exporters are interested in the normalization of trade, but Haiti is also expressed the need standardize compliance procedures with Haitian importers. The purpose of this meeting is to normalize the conditions so that both customs agencies can collect what corresponds to them,” said the Dominican customs director.

Jorell Janvier, speaking on behalf of the Haitian customs agency, insisted that the Haitian government has not imposed a ban, per se, but rather has preferred that these imports enter by seaports where customs controls are more efficient.

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20 March 2018