30877: Karshan (news) Details on DR trade with Haiti (DR1News) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MKarshan@aol.com


DR1 Daily News - Tuesday, 07 August 2007

6. Details on trade with Haiti
Yesterday DR1 reported that trade with  Haiti has been on the rise and that
Haiti is now the DR's third largest trading  partner. The Dominican Republic
exports US$147 million in goods to Haiti, and  this trade grew by 18.8% in 
2006.
Today's Diario Libre provides more details on  trade between the two
countries. During the first semester of 2007, the DR  exported 900 products to 
Haiti.
The total value of trade was valued at  US$66,174,886. Of this total value
US$25,343,047 came from just six products:  wheat, black cement, cardboard 
boxes,
metal rods, soy oil and eggs. Wheat, which  is imported into the DR for
trans-shipment to Haiti, is the largest exported  product with a value of
US$8,106,908. During the first six months of the year  the DR exported 
1,360,383
kilograms of ice to Haiti, valued at US$315.11  million. The sale of 
motorcycles was
valued at US$803,377. These vehicles are  imported and assembled in the DR
prior to export to Haiti. During this six-month  period, 64 million kilograms 
of
gray cement were exported with a value of  US$4,965,031 million. From 1
January to 1 June 193,297,806 kilograms of articles  were shipped to Haiti,
according to figures from the DR Center for Exports and  Investments (CEI-RD).





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