The Dominican Republic is a net exporter of ice to Haiti, and the item figures highly in the list of exports to the neighboring country. According to Listin Diario, the growing number of non-traditional export items includes cassava bread, dried coconut, fresh mangoes, organic mangoes, and “bio-dynamics” to countries like the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands and others, including Haiti, which is where ice is sold.<\/p>\n
Statistics from the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) covering the period between 2000 and 2010 reveal that a total of US$7.47 million was sold to the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain and Trinidad and Tobago, in cassava bread alone. <\/p>\n
Exports of dried coconut to the United States, Canada, Haiti, Mexico and Italy totaled over US$8.4 million. Organic dried coconut and “bio-dynamic” coconut also made up part of these exports. <\/p>\n
Bio-dynamic products need to have a seal which establishes the use of natural fertilizers, according to the date of planting and the farm calendar. <\/p>\n
The country exported mangoes worth more than US$24.0 million. <\/p>\n
And ice? Yes, the CEI-RD says that the Dominican Republic sold US$1.23 million worth of ice to Haiti over the ten-year period, but this does not include the more informal traffic of ice during market days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dominican Republic is a net exporter of ice to Haiti, and the item figures highly in the list of exports to the neighboring country. According to Listin Diario, the growing number of non-traditional export items includes cassava bread, dried coconut, fresh mangoes, organic mangoes, and “bio-dynamics” to countries like the United States, Canada, Mexico, … <\/p>\n