1996News

U.S. companies want to do business in the DR

Representatives of 20 U.S. companies that sell computers, cellular telephones, dairy products, agricultural equipment and modular structures are interested in meeting with local businessmen, to enter joint ventures, distribution arrangements, and allot agencies for direct sales and representation. The commercial section of the U.S. embassy advises that these companies will visit the country on the …
1996News

CEA will fail

A former director of the Instituto Azucarero Dominicano, Jimmy Garcia Savignon, said that extending the period for sugar production to 15 August, by the current management at the Consejo Estatal del Azucar authorities, is irresponsible. He explained that sugar cane is cut at 11-month cycles, and that extending the cycle this time around means that …
1996News

1997: The Year of Exports

The suggestion has been made by the executive director of the Asociación Dominicana de Exportadores, Mr. Horacio Alvarez, that under the slogan “export or die”, the government of Dr Leonel Fernández, should declare 1997 as the year of exports, so the country can take advantage of external commercial policies and improve sales in the foreign …