LONDON, ENGLAND.- The Directorate General of Customs (DGA), gave a presentation in London on connectivity, storage space, technology and the modern legal framework with which the ports and airports of the Dominican Republic operate, so that foreign companies bring some of their productive processes to the country, considering returnI near the beach as a business model.

During the Hard Data conference in the Dominican Republic, figures and arguments presented to British investors and diplomats supported that the country has become an ideal logistics center for companies from the UK, where they have exported more than US$578 million in 5 years final. , set up a distribution or co-production center in America.

Daniel Peña, deputy director of DGA Technology, representing the general director, Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, highlighted that the average daily container inspections at the Port of Haina increased from 160 to 1,000, following the installation of x-ray scanners at the port. terminals, 596 Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) owned by the country, and 158 indicators owned by DGA’s Risk Engine (MOR) to profile loads with artificial intelligence.

“24-hour clearance of goods, the new Customs Law, modernization of X-ray machines, simplification of bureaucratic processes and implementation of a new risk management system, provide all the facilities for the country to become the most competitive Logistics. Central to the region,” Peña said during his presentation.

He also highlighted that the Dominican Republic is the second country with the largest air connectivity in the Americas in 2023, as measured by the International Air Transport Association, the third country with the most maritime connections based on the number of countries in the region, and the country with the best postal delivery times in the region , according to the World Bank’s logistics performance index (LPI).

He also detailed that there were 109 exporters who carried out the process digitally (paperless) and the number of countries it exports to from the Dominican Republic increased from 15 in 2020 to 64 different countries today.

The most exported product currently from the Dominican Republic to the UK is bananas at 41.63%; banana, 28.48%; and in a smaller proportion, identifiable devices for use on stomata, avocados, and items for personal care and hygiene.

Meanwhile, the director of ProDominicana, Biviana Riveiro, in her participation revealed that global exchanges between the two countries also grew by more than 15% last year and have quadrupled in the last 10 years.

“Direct investments continue to flow, and in 2023 we have more than 25 million dollars,” explains Riveiro.

Amauris Vásquez, president of the British Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (BRITCHAM DR) and Elnio Durán, Dominican ambassador to the UK, emphasized that the aim of Dominica Week is for British entrepreneurs to understand the competitive advantages that the Dominican Republic has to offer. and commercial exchange was encouraged.

Meanwhile the British Ambassador, Mockbul Alí, reiterated that relations between the two countries had quadrupled in the last 10 years and highlighted that the Dominican Republic offered “tremendous” opportunities for British companies.

Dominican Week in the UK 2023

The British Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic (BRITCHAM RD), the Dominican Embassy in the United Kingdom and the British Embassy in the Dominican Republic, this Monday kicked off the tenth edition of Dominican Week in the United Kingdom where they participated in a delegation of more than 100 businesspeople and officials who will promote trade and cultural exchange between the two countries throughout the week.

There was an important meeting between representatives, officials and entrepreneurs from both countries with the UK Department of Exports and Finance (UK Export Finance), which is the UK’s export credit agency, on new facilities to increase investment and encourage exports between the two countries.

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