A mission from the Dominican Republic traveled to Trinidad & Tobago to participate in the 2019 Trade and Investment Conference (TIC), held 3-7 July 2019, sponsored by the Trade and Investment Convention and hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago. The event took place at the Center of Excellence in Tunapuna, Trinidad.
Dominican ambassador in Trinidad and Tobago, José A. Serulle Ramia, coordinated the Dominican participation. Serulle is the dean of the diplomatic corps in T&T.
Ambassador Serulle said that the Dominican booth was one of the most visited. He said this year more than 3,000 buyers and vendors from the Caribbean participated in the event. There were around 220 booths overall.
Serulle explained that exporters of coffee, avocados, coconuts, yams, bananas and ginger were part of the Dominican delegation. The ambassador said that Dominican bananas are those consumed in T&T.
Among participating companies were Molinos Modernos, that offered wheat and corn flour, crackers and cereals. Dominican packaging and printing companies also participated. Khoury marketed its building blocks. Hard Rock Punta Cana participated inviting Caribbean visitors to the leading northern Punta Cana resort.
Ambassador Serulle announced the Dominican Embassy in Trinidad & Tobago will hold events in the T&T cities of San Fernando and Chaguanas to promote Dominican products and investment opportunities later in the year.
9 July 2019