He Ministry of Trade and Industry of Haiti issued a moratorium of three months for manufacturers, importers and distributors of prepackaged foods to comply with the new standards of labeledwhich require detailed information on the products in French or in Creole.
“In order to protect the rights of consumerswe inform the public in general and economic operators in particular that, as of January 3, 2025, all products local and imported products that do not comply with this regulatory provision will not be authorized for sale,” states the statement MCI/DCQPC/0018/08/24, issued on September 30.
This means that the extentwhich was scheduled for be implemented on October 1, did not come into force due to this moratorium.
“We are following up on that decision made by the authorities haitianand we have made sure to pass the message on to our partners, so they can take advantage of the term granted and faithfully comply with the legal requirements in said market“said the president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), Mario Pujols, to Free Diary.
Trade frontier
Meanwhile, union leaders merchants in Dajabón They confirmed to Diario Libre that, until now, the entry and exit of goods runs normally in that market frontier.
The president of the Border Market Association of DajabónNoel Fernández, indicated that, in any case, there are merchants who are catching up with their records sanitary, another of the demands that had been required of them by the authorities haitian for the entry of their products.
“Until now, we have taken measures, but I have not heard that they have detained any merchandise due to these requirements, everything is normal,” he declared, noting that the products prepackaged are also being exporting as usual.
“The majority of products are in Spanishand there have been no problems,” he said.
The president of the Federation of Merchants of DajabónFreddy Morillo, explained that the merchants support this extent that the products are labeled in one of the two languagessince they consider that communication would further facilitate exchange in commerce.
“That is not a problem. He who has his labeled and want to exporthas to assume the literature that the buyer wants, in this case, so that they (Haitians) understand,” he remarked.
He added that this would be convenient to facilitate the purchase of goods. “May he labeled be in both languages It is excellent; We applaud it and believe that this is how it should be,” he remarked.
Morillo considers that this extent It is part of the actions that the neighboring country seeks to bring a message of security to the market and open your business a little more.
