Weekly Report - 4 April 2013 (WR-13-13)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Exports surge. On 3 April the executive director of the Dominican Republic’s export & investment centre (CEI-RD), Jean Alain Rodríguez, revealed that Dominican exports in the first two months of the year, excluding those from Free Trade Zones (FTZs), had totalled US$561m, a 44% increase on the same period last year. Traditionally the country’s exports are led by those of the FTZs, in which international firms produce products that are often exclusively destined for international markets, predominantly the US.

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