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Dominican Republic Trade Summary

2008

Dominican Republic exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for Dominican Republic 2008

Exports and imports of Dominican Republic in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 6,859 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 17,509 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,610 products were exported to 136 countries and 4,116 products were imported from 197 countries.

Dominican Republic top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which Dominican Republic exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Dominican Republic exports to United States worth US$ 3,955 million, with a partner share of 57.66 percent.
  2. Dominican Republic exports to Haiti worth US$ 1,189 million, with a partner share of 17.34 percent.
  3. Dominican Republic exports to Netherlands worth US$ 219 million, with a partner share of 3.20 percent.
  4. Dominican Republic exports to Spain worth US$ 178 million, with a partner share of 2.59 percent.
  5. Dominican Republic exports to Belgium worth US$ 167 million, with a partner share of 2.44 percent.

Top five countries from which Dominican Republic imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Dominican Republic imports from United States worth US$ 7,146 million, with a partner share of 40.81 percent.
  2. Dominican Republic imports from China worth US$ 1,544 million, with a partner share of 8.82 percent.
  3. Dominican Republic imports from Venezuela worth US$ 1,262 million, with a partner share of 7.21 percent.
  4. Dominican Republic imports from Mexico worth US$ 897 million, with a partner share of 5.12 percent.
  5. Dominican Republic imports from Colombia worth US$ 786 million, with a partner share of 4.49 percent.

Dominican Republic Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Dominican Republic along with trade value are:

  1. Dominican Republic exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 526,584.65 million.
  2. Dominican Republic exported Ferro-nickel , worth US$ 492,307.60 million.
  3. Dominican Republic exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth US$ 466,950.50 million.
  4. Dominican Republic exported Art. of jewellery and pts thereof of/o prec mtl , worth US$ 426,659.73 million.
  5. Dominican Republic exported Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing toba , worth US$ 323,935.38 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Dominican Republic along with trade value are

  1. Dominican Republic imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 2,147,910.76 million.
  2. Dominican Republic imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 1,241,488.76 million.
  3. Dominican Republic imported Propane, liquefied , worth US$ 594,458.11 million.
  4. Dominican Republic imported Ingots, iron or non-alloy steel, of a purity of , worth US$ 428,117.67 million.
  5. Dominican Republic imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 332,604.89 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by Dominican Republic in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 9.01 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 5.71 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 5,154,050.43 and duty free tariff line items share was 23.19 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of Dominican Republic in 2008 are below

  • Dominican Republic GDP in current US dollar was 48,123 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 4,730.00 .
  • Dominican Republic Trade balance: as % of GDP was -13.58.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -6,534.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 61.39 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.42 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for Dominican Republic in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.38.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.10.
  • World Growth in percentage was 7.43 and Dominican Republic Country Growth was 0.62 .