According to figures from the Center for Export and Import (CEI-RD) and the Customs Agency (DGA) exports from the Dominican Republic to Haiti have dropped US$216 million. These have declined from US$1.07 billion in 2013 to US$854 million in 2017. Imports have also reduced by almost half, and are down from US$69 million to US$36 million.
For this year it appears that the pattern will continue the same as in the first five months of 2018, exports from the Dominican Republic to Haiti have declined by US$17 million compared to the same time period last year going from US$366 million in the first five months of 2017 down to US$349 million this year.
Commercial relationships between the two countries have been stressed in recent years. Haiti, on several occasions, has banned the import of a number of Dominican products while increasing taxes on others.
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Listin Diario
17 July 2018
