Haiti presented a request for an increase tariffs on goods imported from the Dominican Republic and secure the banning of the entry of 23 products by land. As reported, in a meeting of the Council Trade of Goods of the World Trade Organization that took place last week 4 and 5 July 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Former Dominican ambassador to the WTO, Luis Manuel Piantini told Listin Diario that the ban on Dominican exports violates the trade facilitation agreement of the WTO of which Haiti is a signatory. Haiti argues they are a member of Caricom, a market that applies a greater tariff on third party countries that that they charge each other.
Listin Diario sources say that Haiti has plans to increase the tariffs on Dominican imports but has not done so because of the crisis that surged after the increases in the prices of gasoline, diesel and kerosene.
Piantini said this means that Jamaican exports to Haiti would enter with zero tariffs, while Dominican products would pay 20 to 40% taxes. He said if this happens, the DR would lose market share to Caricom countries.
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Listin Diario
10 July 2018
