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Report Highlights: The Dominican Republic (DR) is one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region.

The Caribbean tourism industry and the hotel/restaurant food service sector have been significantly impacted in both the near and long-term as a result of COVID-19.

On March 1, 2020, the Dominican Republic (DR) acknowledged its first case of COVID-19. As of May 28, the DR has 16,068 confirmed cases.

With sugar production zones recovering from the drought that affected the country in the past year, Post forecasts sugar production of 580,000 metric tons (MT) during Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021...

Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic (DR) during Marketing Year (MY) 2020/2021 (July 2020/ June 2021) is forecast at 420,000 metric tons (MT), with imports at 560,000 MT.

The Dominican Republic’s food processing industry was valued at $8.8 billion during Calendar Year (CY) 2019 in activities categorized as “food industry,” with an additional $2.8 billion...

The Dominican Republic continues to be a strong market for U.S. bulk agricultural products (corn), intermediate goods (soybean meal) and high value consumer-oriented products....

Many Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have undertaken efforts to comply with their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) to the Convention on Biological Diversity....

This report summarizes the key technical and import requirements for food and agricultural products imposed by the Government of the Dominican Republic.

This report describes the major export certificates required by the Government of the Dominican Republic (DR) for imports of food and agricultural products.

The Dominican Republic (DR) is the fourth-largest market for U.S. agricultural and related products in the Western Hemisphere, increasing 11 percent to reach a record $1.44 billion in 2018.

In 2018, the United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented products to the Caribbean Basin.