The Dominican Association of Exporters (Adoexpo) elected the members of its board of directors for the period 2024-2026. Karel Castillo, from the company Agroindustria Ocoeña, a leading avocado exporter, was chosen the chair of the Dominican Republic’s main export organization.
Speaking during ordinary assembly, Castillo highlighted the country could double its exports.
In addition to Castillo, the board of directors includes Manuel Singer, from Termo Envases, first vice president; Roberto Bonetti, from Mercasid, second vice president; Anyarlene Bergés, from Metaldom, third vice president; Edgar del Toro, from Banco Multiple Lafise, treasurer; Robinson Bou, from Banco Popular Dominicano, vice treasurer; Roberto Jiménez, from the Reserve Bank (BanReservas), general secretary, and Karsten Windeler, from Marıtima Dominicana, deputy general secretary.
The named Adoexpo directors are: Ramón Badia, from DP World Dominicana, Vielka Guzmán, from Barrick Pueblo Viejo; Elsa Julia Brache, from Pasteurizadora Rica; Álvaro Sousa, from Diesco Industries; Miguel Roig, from ROIG Agro-Cacao; Luis Álvarez, from Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (CND); Osvaldo Oller Bolaños, from Domicem; Kisha Rodrı́guez, from Caralinda Agoindustrial; Carlos Fernández, from Fertilizadores Santo Domingo (Fersan); Lauramarie Cornelio, from the Dominican Mining Corporation (Cormidom); Ernesto Marranzini, from Multiquímica Dominicana and Raúl Peralta, from Constanza Agroindustrial.
Also included are Luis Concepción, from Casa Brugal, past president; José Mella, from Travelnet, logistics advisor; Sadala Khoury, of Khoury Industrial, industrial advisor; Ricardo Koenig, from Raw Materials, industrial advisor; Claudia Chez, from Grupo Lácteo del Caribe Gruplac, agricultural advisor.
Castillo takes the helm of Adoexpo at a time when the Dominican exports total has been affected by drops in ferronickel exports. ProDominicana exported total Dominican exports were down 3.6% in 2023.
Between January and December 2023, total exports reached US$11.93 billion, about US$448.2 million less than in 2022, when they stood at US$12.38 billion.
In December, the executive director of the Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (ProDominicana), Biviana Riveiro, said that the greatest impact of the drop in exports is because of the decline in minerals, particularly gold and ferronickel, which have a specific and important weight in the country’s export matrix.
In the first quarter of 2024, total exports were US$2.83 billion, down 5.6% compared to the same period in 2023.
Free zone exports, and coffee and cacao exports have been booming to compensate for the declines in mineral exports.
ProDominicana recently launched ProInteligencia, a new digital platform to assist exporters.
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22 April 2024