United States and China They represented the 57.7% of the trade deficit of the country during the three-year period 2023-2025, stated economist Luis Vargas.
The trade deficit with the United States amounted to US$14,477 million, while with China it was US$14,333 million.
During the aforementioned period, the global trade deficit of the Dominican economy amounted to US$49,898 millionthe result of imports for a total of US$89,406 million and exports that totaled US$39,508 million.
In an article published by the Father José Luis Alemán Center for Economic and Social Studies, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Pucmm), Vargas said that starting in 2024, China dethroned the United States as the main deficit partner, because the Dominican-Chinese market registered a negative balance of US$4,879 milliona figure higher than that accredited in Dominican-American trade, which reached US$4,644 million.
On the other hand, between 2023 and 2025, the Dominican economy registered a trade surplus with several nations, highlighting Haiti (US$2,938 million), Puerto Rico (US$1,411 million), Switzerland (US$1,312 million), India (US$1,300 million) and the Netherlands (US$2,294 million).
In the case of trade between the country and Haiti, during that three-year period, the country exported goods worth US$2,972 millioncompared to the imported amount of just US$34 million, he noted.
He pointed out that, between 2024 and 2025, Dominican national exports to Haiti amounted to US$282 million (+50.81%), going from US$555 million to US$837 million.
