He Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) today that, according to the preliminary figures corresponding to the first semester of 2025, the direct foreign investment (FDI) reached 2,892.8 million dollars, increasing 15.3 % compared to the same period of the previous year.
The governing body of monetary policy indicated that these flows “show the confidence of the foreign investors in the Dominican Republic as a destination for its investments, and why the country has established itself as the main foreign investment receiver in the region for the third consecutive year, according to the United Nations Conference for Commerce and Development (UNCTAD). ”
He added that this performance is aligned with the Year closure projectionswhich estimate that FDA will exceed 4.7 billion of dollars.
The BCRD indicated that the sector distribution shows that almost half of FDI income went to the sectors of tourism and energy.
“It is important to highlight the evolution that the energy sector has had, which expanded its participation within the FDI from 7.5 % in the first half of 2019 to 25.7 % in the first six months of 2025, mainly due to the incentives of the Dominican state directed towards the renewable energies“The bank said.
He pointed out that this behavior has been highlighted in the World Investment Report 2025 of the Unctad, where it stands out that the country has strengthened its position as one of the more attractive destinations from Latin America and the Caribbean for FDI in the sector of renewable energies.
Another relevant sector for FDI has been the real estate, whose progress is linked to Tourism development From the country, especially after recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic, he also highlighted the BCRD.
Export behavior
The institution said that, in addition to Increased Flows of FDI (15.3 %) and remittances (11.2 %), also the Dominican economy achieved in the first half of 2025 total exports of more than 7.4 billion dollars, increasing 10.4 % over the same period of 2024.
Within exports, an increase of 48.3 % in the gold exportsdriven by improvements in the production and for the historical prices levels recorded by the precious mineral in international markets.
Of the total exports, those of free zones were close to the 4,250 million dollarsincreasing 2.3 % year -on -year, which predicts that the sector closes the year with records of record exports.
Tourism income
The BCRD stressed that income from tourism Between January and June they added some 5.8 billion dollarsabout 100 million dollars (1.8 %) above the revenues of the same period of 2024. “This result was mainly due to the Increase in tourist arrivals During the first semester of the year, which reached 6.1 million visitors between air and maritime road, “he said.
The currency income generated by IED, remittances, tourismexports of goods and other services, added approximately 23.900 million dollars In January-June 2025, which contributes to the Relative stability of the exchange ratehe said.
