He Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported that during last year 11,866.3 million dollars were received in remittanceswhich represents an increase of 1,110.3 million (10.3%) compared to 2024.
He BCRD reported that in December were received 1,098.4 million of dollars for this concept, an increase of 94.9 million (9.5%) compared to the same month of the previous year and an increase of 208.9 million dollars (23.5%) compared to November 2025.
The institution explained that the economic performance of the USA was one of the main factors that influenced the behavior of the remittancessince 80% of the formal flows of goods originated from that country. Decemberequivalent to 751.9 million dollars.
He also highlighted the reception of remittances through formal channels from other countries in Decemberas Spainfor a value of 65.1 million dollars, 6.9% of the total, being the second nation in terms of total residents of the dominican diaspora abroad refers.
Haiti contributed 1.8% of the total flows received, while Swiss and Italy They contributed 1.5% and 1.4% respectively. In the rest of the reception remittances Countries such as Canada and France, among others, are distinguished.
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Regarding the distribution of remittances received by provinces, the bank indicated that the National District received a proportion of 45.8% during December, followed by the provinces of Santiago and Santo Domingo, with 10.9% and 7.5%, respectively, which indicates that approximately two thirds of remittances (64.2%) are received in the metropolitan areas of the country.
For this year, it is predicted that remittances exceed the 12.2 billion of dollars, with a growth of around 3.5% compared to 2025, taking into account the entry into force of the 1% tax on remittances from USAeffective from this month of January.
However, the BCRD expects this tax on remittances have a limited impact on flows received in the Dominican Republic since it applies to cash shipments, and shipments from bank accounts and digital platforms are exempt.
In that sense, Dominicans in USA have immigration status mostly legal, which allows them to have greater access to banking than other migrants, more non-cash alternatives, and greater transparency in transactions.
Flow of foreign exchange
This result of the remittancesalong with the estimates of the other variables of the external sectorwith exports above 14.9 billion dollars, contributions from tourism close to 11.2 billion, other exports of services that would exceed 3.5 billion and foreign direct investment greater than 4.8 billion, allow us to anticipate an optimistic scenario regarding the attraction of foreign exchangewith a total flow to the Dominican economy that would exceed 46.8 billion dollars at the end of 2025, estimated the BCRD.
