The total exports of the Dominican Republic during the period January-November 2024 reached 11,888.90 million dollars, registering an increase of 7.78% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the General Directorate of Customs (DGA).
The breakdown by regime shows that the free zones they led the exportsrepresenting 67.07% of the total, followed by the national regime, with 30.41%; temporary admission, with 2.17%, and re-export with the remaining 0.34%.
In exports of the free zone regime, Commerce Magazine published by the DGA They detail that 67.07% of the total represents 7,974.05 million dollars, presenting an increase of 7.12%, compared to January-November 2023.
The date of the DGA shows that, regarding the classification by type of goods, 43.27% of exports Totals corresponded to consumer goods, 33.85% to raw materials and 22.88% to capital goods.
Growth of the national regime
Exports under the national regime they reached 3,615.64 million dollars during the period, reflecting a growth of 9.24% compared to the same period in 2023.
Among the products exported by this regime, non-metal goods They represented 56.96%, while metallic goods accounted for 43.04%. Within the latter, 36.82% corresponded to gold and silver, which highlights the importance of minerals in the export offer of the Dominican Republic.
He 74.15% of these exports They belong to raw materials, the 23.44% to consumer goods and 2.41% to capital goods. Furthermore, the 74.41% of the exports National tariffs are concentrated in 10 tariff chapters:
- 71-Fine or cultured pearls, precious stones (37.11%)
- 18-Cocoa and its preparations (6.57%)
- 39-Plastic materials and their manufactures (6.56%)
- 17-Sugars and confectionery items (5.00%)
- 72-Casting, iron and steel (3.93%)
- 08-Edible fruits, citrus peels (3.89%)
- 26-Minerals, slag and ashes (3.71%)
- 25-Salt, sulfur, earth and stones, plaster and lime (3.00%)
- 19-Preparations based on cereals, flour (2.54%)
- 11-Milling products, malt and starch (2.09%)
The rest of the chapters represent the 25.59% of the exports national.
Geographic concentration and means of transportation
He 61.98% of the exports national corresponds to taxpayers whose tax domicile is registered in the National District, followed by the provinces of Santo Domingo (14.07%) and Santiago (3.85%).
Cumulatively, the 83.10% of the exports national is concentrated in five provinces, while the rest represent the 16.90%.
Regarding means of transportation, the 46.54% of the exports was carried out by sea, the 40.89% by air and 12.57% by land. Furthermore, the 86.13% of these operations was concentrated in five customs administrations:
- Las Américas International Airport (AILA) (39.46%)
- Caucedo (19.14%)
- Haina (14.09%)
- Elías Piña (8.30%)
- Santo Domingo (5.14%)
The rest of the administrations represented the 13.87%.
