HAITI - ECONOMY : HAITI, A GOLDMINE FOR DOMINICAN EXPORTS
DOMINICAN EXPORTS TO HAITI FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2010 HAVE
INCREASED BY 35.67% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2009 FOR A VALUE OF
$801.27MM. HAITI BECOMES THIS YEAR, WITH 16% OF CROSS-BORDER TRADE, THE
SECOND LARGEST PARTNER FOR THE DOMINICANS.
THE EXPORTS TO HAITI HAVE RECORDED A STEADY INCREASE, SINCE MORE THAN
10 YEARS, FROM $61.93MM IN THE YEAR 2000 TO $647.59MM IN 2009. EXPORTS OF
NONTRADITIONAL PRODUCTS (INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL
AND ARTISANAL) REPRESENT 99.54% AGAINST ONLY 0.46% FOR TRADITIONAL
PRODUCTS.
THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR REPRESENTS FOR ITSELF $621,61MM (77.6% OF
EXPORTS), IN GROWTH OF 27% COMPARED TO 2009. AMONG INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTS EXPORTED BY THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INCLUDE: COTTON FABRIC
($175.63MM), PAJAMAS FOR MEN ($76.98MM), CEMENT GRAY ($36.39MM), THE
CONCRETE REINFORCING BAR ($24.38MM), MINERAL FERTILIZERS ($19.43MM).
AS FOR AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, THEY REPRESENT 18.81% OF DOMINICAN
EXPORTS TO HAITI. THIS SECTOR HAS EXPERIENCED THE STRONGEST GROWTH,
WITH 98.12% BETWEEN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER 2010, FROM $75.72MM TO
$150.02MM