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SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic Export and Investment Center (CEI-RD) director Eddy Martinez said about 496 new products have become part of the country’s exports. He said from January to October 2006 about 2,307 products were exported, compared with 2,800 this year.

He said Dominican exports climbed 45 percent in the 10 months this year, as 647 new companies began exporting products from January to October. From the 1,200 exporters registered between January and October 2006, the number jumped to 1,700 in that same 2007 period.

Martinez said in that period the country posted US$573.9 million more in exports in 2006, from US$1.26 billion, to US$1.83 billion in 2007.

Traditional products such as minerals rose 75.6 percent in that period, from US$528.3 million to US$927.9 million, the CEI-RD chief said, whereas nontraditional exports rose 29.6 percent, going from US$577.8 million to US$749.3 million.

Martinez added that from January to October the export of sugar derivatives fell 8.5 percent, going US$116.9 million in 2006 to US$106 million in 2007.

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Written by: rafaelamonte92, 11 Dec 2007 11:51 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Hopefully this can help out if even we find more stuff to export
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Written by: JeiJei, 11 Dec 2007 2:20 PM
From: Germany
@rafaelamonte92
I agree, hopefully ;-))) The last data shows a big difference to that numbers. I hope that is not only a part of the election campaign.
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Written by: josean, 13 Dec 2007 9:16 AM
From: United States
I guess this ***** is counting the uncontrolled explosion of drug exports under Mr. Fernandez's administration. After all he does want to make DR a small New York. Otherwise exports have decreased dramatically with the destruction of the free trade zones. They really think the Dominican people are stupid.
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Written by: dreadlocks, 13 Dec 2007 3:10 PM
From: United States
actually Mr Josean, you have a point. these triumphalist pronouncements are so meaningless and tiresome. take for instance the figures on the GDP increase; they shout vociferously about an 8% increase, but neglect to tell the public that of the 8%, 2% is occasioned by the sale of cellphones!! i would like this guy to give me a list of 500, yes 500, NEW products! these people make their living by underestimating the intelligence of everybody else. these figures mean absolutely nothing, because they do not tell us what it costs to bring the products to market. with the current production inefficiencies such as irregular electricity and overpriced transportation because of trucker cartels, maybe some of these products cost more to produce than their market prices. the government gives away money to start businesses, but no feasibility studies are undertaken. i wonder how many of these new businesses will be around this time next year!
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Written by: dreadlocks, 13 Dec 2007 6:19 PM
From: United States
you see, Mr Josean, government statisticians are some of the most dishonest people, not just here, but in most countries. they are to be placed in the same category as people selling creams that will make you live for 50 years more, or snake oil salesmen . every year they tell you that the government CREATED 10,000 more jobs. what they fail to say is that only 800 lasted till the end of the year. there is no department charged with the responsibility of studying the viability of the ideas; the money granted is just a political giveaway. every guy who can boil an egg thinks he can open a restaurant, and some get politically directed money for that purpose. they know less than nothing about the enterprise and last 6 months at best. BUT that business stays in the statistics! so at the end of the year there is no net gain, and in certain cases ,a loss . but it looks good when the year end indices are enthusiastically recited!
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