industry dairy products of the Dominican Republic represents a contribution of more than 4,300 formal jobs and around 180 MSMEs and large industries by 2021, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM).
They show that, at the regional level, 40% of the manufacturing industries dairy products They are located in the Cibao, 37% in the metropolitan area, 17% in the East and the remaining 5% in the South.
It points out that during the period 2013-2021, the added value of the dairy products registered an average annual growth of 4.5%.
Also, in 2020, pandemic yearproved to be a resilient sector, registering a positive year-on-year growth of 6.0%, even higher than that registered in 2019 (2.9%).
In the period 2010-2021, he explains that the Economic Profile of Dairy Products of the Dominican Republic prepared by the Vice Ministry of Industrial Development of the MICM, the total sales of the ITBIS of the dairy sector increased annually on average by 8.4%, representing 2.5% of the total sales of the manufacturing sector.
Also, in the year 2021, sales increased 16.3% compared to 2020, mainly influenced by the increase in sales of the production of:
- milk
- Dairy products dehydrated
- Manufacture of ice cream and others dairy products.
He adds that, in February 2021, less than a year after having suffered a reduction in his jobs Due to the pandemicthe industry of dairy products they had already recovered 100.1% of their formal jobs.
collections
The MICM data shows that the internal collections of the dairy products they went from an amount of 479.6 million pesos in 2010 to an amount of 1,443.3 million pesos in 2021, which represented an average annual growth of 12.6%.
exports
The Vice Ministry of Industrial Development of the MICM headed by Fantino Polanco, indicates that exports of dairy products they reached an amount of 11.6 million dollars in 2021.
It adds that, in terms of value, the main export items during the 2012-2021 period were: 0402 – Milk and cream (2.9 million dollars); 0406 – cheeses and cottage cheese (2.3 million dollars); 1901 – milk food preparations (2.2 million dollars); and 2105 – Ice creams, including with cocoa (1.9 million dollars).
He adds that by 2021, the main export destinations of the dairy products were:
- Haiti, with 28.2% of the total
- United States, with a participation of 26.4%
- Jamaican (16.8%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (10.8%) and
- Saint Lucia (2.7%)
According to the Economic Profile of Dairy Products of the Dominican Republic, the sector has become a large part of the daily diet of most people.
According to data from the Organization of United Nations For Food and Agriculture (FAO), world milk production for the year 2019 increased by 52% compared to the year 2000, reaching 883 million tons.
