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NewsWhore
04-04-2011, 04:00 PM
Exports in the first two months of the year were up 7%, reports the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD). The US is the leading market for Dominican exports, followed by Haiti. Next source markets are Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Spain, China, Honduras, Germany, South Korea, Jamaica, Italy, Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico. Main exports were blood transfusion apparatus, cotton apparel, hand made cigars, disposable medical products, raw sugar, steel rods, pajamas, sheets, rum, medical sutures, gray cement, footwear, flour, cocoa beans, fresh bananas, iron and steel scraps, avocados, and blood pressure apparatus.

Traditional export products (sugar and by-products, green coffee, tobacco and raw cacao) increased 26%, going from total exports of US$45.89 million in Jan-Feb 2010 to US$55.46 million this year.

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