Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
78 731 8 153 -1.9 1 970 24.2
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
85 61 77 51
Imports
78 54 90 65
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, f.o.b.
Annual percentage change
2020 10 297 17 047 2020 0.06
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 4 1
2019 5 0
2020 -8 -16 2020 0.10
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 20.7
Fuels and mining products: 10.1
Agricultural products: 16.8
Fuels and mining products: 16.8
Manufactures: 51.9
Other: 17.3
Manufactures: 64.2
Other: 2.2
By main destination, % (2018)
By main origin, % (2018)
United States of America: 55.5 European Union: 7.8 Canada: 6.8
Haiti: 9.3 India: 7.2 Other: 13.4
United States of America: 43.5 European Union: 11.5 Mexico: 3.6
China: 14.3 Brazil: 3.7 Other: 23.3
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS2402 HS0803 HS1801 HS1701 HS2401
2018 . 732 210 205 105 93
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos Bananas, including plantains Cocoa beans, whole or broken Cane or beet sugar Unmanufactured tobacco
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS1005 HS2401 HS2106 HS1507 HS1001
2018
Maize (corn) Unmanufactured tobacco Other food preparations Soya-bean oil and its fractions Wheat and meslin
279 236 165 134 134
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS2402
HS1005
HS0803
HS2401
HS1801
HS2106
HS1701
HS1507
HS2401
HS1001
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 2 186 3 127
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 6 6
2017 0 12
2018 7 9
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS7108 HS9018 HS8536 HS7113 HS3926
2018
Gold Instruments for medical sciences Electrical circuits protector Articles and parts of jewellery Other articles of plastics
1 443 832 701 456 366
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS2710 HS8703 HS2711 HS2709 HS3004
2018
Petroleum oils, other than crude Motor cars for transport of persons Petroleum gases Petroleum oils, crude Medicaments in measured doses
2 386 910 851 681 587
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
110
20%
Imports 40%
0%
HS7108
HS2710
HS9018
HS8703
HS8536
HS2711
HS7113
HS2709
HS3926
HS3004
5%
10%
15%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2018 7 210 19 053
Annual percentage change
2010-2018 10 5
2017 2 9
2018 6 14
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Dominican Republic TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
3 832 3 004 2020 0.08
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
-1 9
-57 -26
-3 2
2020 0.07
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 9.3 Other commercial services: 20.1
Travel: 69.8 Goods-related services: 0.8
Transport: 47 Other commercial services: 45.9
By main destination
Travel: 7.1 Goods-related services: 0
By main origin
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
Annual percentage change
2020 na na
2010-2020 na na
2019 na na
2020 na na
Transport Dominican Republic
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
2020 357 1 412
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value 141 216 0
2010-2020 -2 1
Share (%)
Annual percentage change 2019 4 3
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
39.4 60.6 0.0
2020 -47 -17
Value
Share (%)
986 402 0
69.8 28.5 0.0
Travel 200
Dominican Republic
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 2 674 214
2010-2020 -4 -6
Annual percentage change 2019 -1 14
2020 -64 -66
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Million US$
Exports of OCS by main item (2020)
16.1 61.8
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 769 Imports 1 378
Other business services ICTs
10.0
Value
Insurance & pension Other
12.1
6 7
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
32 0
-5 na
2019
2020
-6 12
-4 -22
2019
2020
2 na
-43 na
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
23
Non-residents
220
Trademark applications, 2019 Total
243
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
7 028
Non-residents
4 015
Industrial design applications, 2019 Total
11 043
Residents
5
Non-residents
35
Total
40
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