NewsWhore
02-08-2008, 05:00 PM
The Dominican Business Federation (FDC) is accusing the Haitian authorities of multiplying customs charges on the main Dominican products imported into Haiti. FDC treasurer Domingo Fermin said that the taxes imposed by Haitian customs officials are scandalous. According to FDC figures, metal bar shipments that were subject to 40,000 gourdes in taxes a year ago now pay 375,000 gourdes in taxes. Pasta, which used to be charged 20,000 gourdes now pays 162,500 gourdes in taxes. Fermin says that Haitian officials have imposed these taxes in order to get as much as they can from Dominican traders. He added that these officials are harming their people by forcing them to buy other imported products at higher prices.
He mentioned that Dominican companies that export their products to Cap Haitien markets in the north can get around the customs charges. He explained that since the road from Port-au-Prince to that northern city is in very bad condition, the competing Haitian importers are not delivering their goods to that market that continues to being supplied from Dajabon in the DR.
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He mentioned that Dominican companies that export their products to Cap Haitien markets in the north can get around the customs charges. He explained that since the road from Port-au-Prince to that northern city is in very bad condition, the competing Haitian importers are not delivering their goods to that market that continues to being supplied from Dajabon in the DR.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)