Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) dominate the export ecosystem In the Dominican Republic, with 1,912 formally registered companies versus 430 Large companies In 2024, according to data from the National Statistics Office (ONE). However, the latter generated 83.7 % of the total value exported during that year, which amounted to 12,922 million dollars.
Despite being a minority, Large companies The income of 10,701.8 million dollars depended last year, while the MSMEs They marketed merchandise for a value of only 2,077.4 million dollars-the remaining 16.3 %-, according to the study “Exporting Companies 2024“, recently published by the institution.
Respond to the demand for international markets It depends on how each company manages its operationsthat fall on the number of employees they have, as can be seen from the study.
More employees
And is that Exporters with 151 employees hired or more – considerate as large – were able to generate a average value of 24.9 million dollars in their Exportswell above the 3.8 million dollars that mobilized companies of 150 employees or less -considerate MSMEs-.
To that same extent, the Large companies They accumulated an average of 326,754 employees, being 85.2 % of the total jobs within the export sector. Microenterprises accumulated an average of 3,318 employees, small companies about 18,778 workers and medium -sized companies about 34,849.
On the other hand, 32.1 % of MSMEs (383 companies) were companies of 1 to 10 employees, which had a participation of just 3.3 % in the total exported in 2024.
Despite that, these companies were responsible for capturing 420.5 million dollars with the sale of their products55.3 % more than the 270.8 million dollars generated in 2023, this segment being the highest growth among all the companies analyzed.
Manufacturing sector
40.5 % of micro, small and medium -sized companies operates within the segment commercialfollowed by manufacturing (31.0 %), services (19.5 %), agricultural (5.5 %), construction (2.9 %) and mines and quarries (0.6 %).
However, Manufacturing was the activity of greatest weighting in the total exportedwith 44 %, which is why Exports These companies grew 18.6 % compared to 2023, according to the report.
The manufactured products They were also the most marketed by Large companies -In which are included the free zones-, representing the 80.8 % Of the 10,701.8 million dollars generated in total in 2024, followed by mines and quarries, with 15.2 %.
In contrast, Construction sector exports They covered only 0.01 % of the total last year, after a 65.4 % drop compared to 2023.
In general, The main destination countries For the Exports They were the United States (59.1 %), Haiti (6.9 %) and Switzerland (5.8 %).
