Despite agreements reached with the Ministry of Foreign Relations, reports from the border are that Haitian authorities are impeding the entry of at least 23 Dominican industry products on Monday and Friday market days. As reported in Diario Libre, on Friday, 19 May 2017, in the morning, Customs inspectors and police agents of Haiti did not allow Dominican merchants to cross the border with the Dominican products.
The merchants, represented by the Federation of Merchants of the province, protested saying they had not been notified of the policy. Abigail Bueno and Fernando Diaz told Diario Libre that it looks like the Haitian authorities have revoked the lifting of the ban on the export of those products. These include chickens (frozen and fresh), eggs, pasta, cold cuts, plantains, green bananas, cassava, sweet potatoes, onions, green peppers, beets, carrots, lettuce, flours, detergents, egg plant, green lemons, potatoes and tomato paste.
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Diario Libre
22 May 2017
