Full trade & compliance profile
Dominican Republic — Trade & Compliance
Dominican Republic's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
5
trade agreements
5
cargo treaties
7.58%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Dominican Republic beyond logistics?
Trade Flow
Top export markets
- 1USA52.8%
- 2Haiti6.1%
- 3Switzerland5.2%
- 4India5.2%
- 5China4.2%
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Optical/medical instruments18.5%
- 2Pearls, precious stones & metals13.9%
- 3Tobacco9.5%
- 4Electrical machinery9.5%
- 5Plastics4.5%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils16.7%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances8.8%
- 3Vehicles8.8%
- 4Electrical machinery7.8%
- 5Plastics5.9%
Declining export markets
- 1USA−4.77pp
- 2Switzerland−3.92pp
- 3Italy−1.82pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Cocoa+1.51pp
- 2Plastics+0.85pp
- 3Optical/medical instruments+0.79pp
Declining export goods
- 1Iron & steel−2.32pp
- 2Mineral fuels & oils−1.64pp
- 3Pearls, precious stones & metals−1.31pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
United Kingdom - CARIFORUM States2021
EU - CARIFORUM States2008
Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)2006
Dominican Republic - Central America2001
Panama - Dominican Republic1987
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. New York, 19 June 2023
- ✓United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980
- ✓Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958
- ✓Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods. New York, 14 June 1974
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
DOP
Dominican Peso
MFN applied tariff
7.58%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Sugar cane
4.9M t
Top mineral output
gypsum and plaster
144.7K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 100 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
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Compiled (public facts)
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Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗