Central America and the DR have agreed to exclude 24 products from the free trade agreement signed earlier this year. Of these, five products were on the negative list submitted by the Central American trading block, and another 19 were submitted by the DR. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre said that still to be defined are legalities regarding the rules of origin and the participation of the free zone export goods within the agreement. Minister Latorre forecast the agreement will bring about an increase in trade between the DR and Central America. Trade between the DR and Central America at present is 1% of the total Dominican exports and imports.
