In the first three months of this year, Dominican exports to the People’s Republic of China have reached the same amount as during the whole of 2018. Chinese ambassador Zhang Run has said that the year-to-year increase is 35.4%, which is up on the previous year when it was 22%. The diplomat explained that Dominican exports in the first three months of 2019 were US$180 million that is equal to the total export volume for 2018.
Speaking to El Dia newspaper on occasion of the celebration of the first year of diplomatic relations between the Dominican Republic and China, the ambassador explained that bilateral trade reached US$630 million in these three months.
The important factors in the growth of Dominican exports are the increase in the sale of steel, tobacco and products manufactured for China such as medicines. He said avocados are also an important possible export since the government asked China to lift the phytosanitary barriers on the export.
Geopolitics talks. Zhang Run told El Dia that China President Xi Jinping is giving the Dominican Republic priority as a stop for his next visit to the region. The Dominican Republic is China’s leading trade partner in the Caribbean.
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El Dia
1 May 2019