{"id":242891,"date":"2025-10-16T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=242891"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:13:27","slug":"gold-exports-propel-dominican-exports-to-top-us10-6-billion-in-nine-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/10\/16\/gold-exports-propel-dominican-exports-to-top-us10-6-billion-in-nine-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold exports propel Dominican exports to top US$10.6 billion in nine months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Dominican Republic’s exports have hit an all-time high, soaring past the US$10.6 billion mark in the first nine months of 2025, according to the nation’s export and investment promotion center, ProDominicana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exports from January to September 2025 are up a robust year-over-year growth of 10.2%. The record highs for two leading Dominican commodities, gold and cacao, lead the significant growth. The nine-month export figure marks the highest level ever recorded for the first three quarters of a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProDominicana executive director Biviana Riveiro Disla highlighted that the surge was propelled by key products:
\u2022 Crude gold (+53.4%)
\u2022 Cocoa beans (+64.1%)
\u2022 Iron bars (+69.3%)
\u2022 Medical instruments and devices (+3.0%)
\u2022 Plastic articles (+10.1%)
\u2022 Bananas (+5.4%)
\u2022 Portland cement (+21.2%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riveiro emphasized the diversification and strength of the Dominican export portfolio, noting that 1,363 tariff lines\u2014individual product categories\u2014showed positive growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States remains the Dominican Republic’s top trading partner, accounting for 50.3% of the total with $5,383.6 million in exports, a 2.9% increase over the same period in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several other destinations showed significant growth:
\u2022 Canada: $406.7 million (+714.9%)
\u2022 India: $1.22 billion (+116.3%)
\u2022 Haiti: $876.9 million (+31.8%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Europe, Belgium (US$218.6 million, +109.7%) and the Netherlands (US$365.9 million, +19.5%) also posted strong gains. Other notable increases were seen in exports to Cuba, Japan, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Qatar, which saw an extraordinary jump of +2,540.9%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Dominican Republic continues to consolidate its position as a regional benchmark in international trade,” Riveiro stated. “This growth reflects not only the impact of our public policies but also the effective collaboration between the public and private sectors.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riveiro credited the advances to the National Export Promotion Plan (PNFE), which has already executed more than 87% of its measures halfway through its cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In parallel to the export boom, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is also tracking positively. The country received US$2.89 billion in FDI during the first half of 2025, a 15.3% increase year-over-year. The energy and tourism sectors led the capital inflows, with projections indicating that total FDI for the close of 2025 will exceed US$4.86 billion, setting a new all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16 October 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dominican Republic’s exports have hit an all-time high, soaring past the US$10.6 billion mark in the first nine months of 2025, according to the nation’s export and investment promotion center, ProDominicana. Exports from January to September 2025 are up a robust year-over-year growth of 10.2%. The record highs for two leading Dominican commodities, gold … <\/p>\n

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