{"id":246767,"date":"2026-01-22T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=246767"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:14:19","slug":"jewelry-and-gold-lead-dominican-export-surge-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/jewelry-and-gold-lead-dominican-export-surge-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewelry and gold lead Dominican export surge in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Exportaciones-El-Dia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Exportaciones-El-Dia.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Exportaciones-El-Dia-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fine pearls and precious stones are ranked high in Dominican exports in 2025, playing a pivotal role in a banner year for the nation\u2019s foreign trade. According to the latest year-end report from the Customs Agency (DGA), total exports reached US$14,645.23 million, marking a robust 13.41% increase compared to 2024, as reported in El Dia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data reveals a significant shift in the country&#8217;s trade dynamics, with the &#8220;national regime&#8221; sector, which excludes free trade zones exports, seeing a dramatic 36.77% growth to reach US$5.46 billion. Within this category, pearls and precious stones accounted for a dominant 45.08% of the total value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The export landscape remains heavily specialized. While pearls and stones led the way, metallic goods like gold and silver remained critical, making up nearly 45% of the national regime\u2019s metallic exports. Gold is riding a wave of record prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other key products contributing to the economy included cacao and preparations (6.60%), plastics (5.26%), iron and steel (4.44%), and edible fruits (2.98%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the surge in national regime exports, Free Trade Zones (Zonas Francas) continued to be the backbone of the country\u2019s international trade, representing 58.75% of all exports. Raw materials were the most traded category, accounting for over 40% of total outbound shipments, followed closely by consumer goods at 38.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic\u2019s export market remains concentrated in a handful of strategic destinations. Three countries alone absorbed nearly 58% of all national regime exports are India that sources most gold exports (28.74%), Haiti (15.34%) and United States (13.91%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/perlas-finas-o-piedras-preciosas-lideraron-las-exportaciones-nacionales-en-el-2025\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fine pearls and precious stones are ranked high in Dominican exports in 2025, playing a pivotal role in a banner year for the nation\u2019s foreign trade. According to the latest year-end report from the Customs Agency (DGA), total exports reached US$14,645.23 million, marking a robust 13.41% increase compared to 2024, as reported in El Dia. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/22\/jewelry-and-gold-lead-dominican-export-surge-in-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246791,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246767\/revisions\/246791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}