Sunday, D.N.– With the purpose of facilitating the exchange of products and eliminating the technical barriers of the binational trade between Dominican Republic and Haitithe director of the Dominican Institute for Quality (Indocal)Lorenzo Ramírez, and his counterpart, the director of the Haitian Bureau of Standards (BHN), Monorde Civil, argued a work meeting in which they endorsed the agreements for the harmonization of standards and quality systems between both nations.
The meeting is part of the Haiti-Dominican Republic Binational Cooperation Program promoted by the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Caribbean Export, with financing from the European Union Development Fund, with the aim of improving the quality of products from both countries and provide companies with greater competitiveness.
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During this Monday, both institutions agreed to develop an action plan, and established the work schedule for the 2022-2023 period, which will focus on achieving the harmonization of standards for five products from three selected value chains: cocoa, essential oils/cosmetics and crafts, including the requirements for their labeling and technical exchange for the metrology area between both nations.
As part of the joint activities, it was also agreed to organize face-to-face training for technical exchange on the calibration of scales and volumetric standards, which will facilitate the work of reciprocal information between BHN and INDOCAL, and the private sector of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Dominican.
The working table was also made up of the director of the Haiti-DR binational program of Caribbean Export, Jean-Marc Dioulo, and the deputy executive director of Caribbean Export, Leonel Naut.