16997: Arthur Re: 16973: lyall: on haitian ports and business (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Tttnhm@aol.com

In a message dated 10/18/2003 10:46:31 PM W. Europe Daylight Time, J.David
Lyall wrote:

<< Why are
 factories being built on the DR border? Cause its cheaper to drive to Santo
Domingo
 and use the port there than use the PauP port 1/2 mile from the industrial
zone. >>

Charles Arthur writes:
I don't dispute that the Dominican company Grupo M, which is setting up
extensive operations at the Maribahoux/Ouanaminhte free zone, prefers to use the
port facilities in DR (perhaps even the proposed mega-port at Pepillo
Salcedo/Manzanillo Bay) to those in Haiti. However Lyall's argument falls down because
another free zone is being built at Drouillard, on the northern outskirts of
the capital, close to Cite Soleil. It is due to be completed in mid-2004, will
house new garment assembly factories producing for North American clients, and
will doubtless use the nearby Port-au-Prince port....