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Dominican Republic Trade Summary

2016

Dominican Republic exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Dominican Republic 2016

Exports and imports of Dominican Republic in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 9,785 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 19,284 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 2,850 products were exported to 135 countries and 4,128 products were imported from 193 countries.

Dominican Republic top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Dominican Republic exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Dominican Republic exports to United States worth US$ 4,746 million, with a partner share of 48.50 percent.
  2. Dominican Republic exports to Haiti worth US$ 1,148 million, with a partner share of 11.73 percent.
  3. Dominican Republic exports to Canada worth US$ 769 million, with a partner share of 7.86 percent.
  4. Dominican Republic exports to India worth US$ 592 million, with a partner share of 6.05 percent.
  5. Dominican Republic exports to Unspecified worth US$ 396 million, with a partner share of 4.05 percent.

Top five countries from which Dominican Republic imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Dominican Republic imports from United States worth US$ 8,279 million, with a partner share of 42.93 percent.
  2. Dominican Republic imports from China worth US$ 2,557 million, with a partner share of 13.26 percent.
  3. Dominican Republic imports from Mexico worth US$ 1,073 million, with a partner share of 5.56 percent.
  4. Dominican Republic imports from Brazil worth US$ 848 million, with a partner share of 4.40 percent.
  5. Dominican Republic imports from Spain worth US$ 656 million, with a partner share of 3.40 percent.

Dominican Republic Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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

  1. Dominican Republic exported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth 1,581,849.45 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Dominican Republic exported Instruments and appliances used in medical or v , worth 894,238.79 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Dominican Republic exported Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing toba , worth 650,277.01 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Dominican Republic exported Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried , worth 402,842.76 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Dominican Republic exported T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, , worth 399,288.68 (US$ Thousands).

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 1,565,397.13 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Dominican Republic imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 559,412.52 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Dominican Republic imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 497,330.93 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Dominican Republic imported Other articles of plastics, nes , worth 465,840.72 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Dominican Republic imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 354,984.57 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Dominican Republic in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 40 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 7.49 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 4.60 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,832,434.85 and duty free tariff line items share was 52.16 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Dominican Republic in 2016 are below

  • Dominican Republic GDP in current US dollar was 75,705 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 6,780.00 .
  • Dominican Republic Trade balance: as % of GDP was -3.77.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -2,852.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 51.59 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.43 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Dominican Republic in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.29.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.50.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Dominican Republic Country Growth was 2.97 .