{"id":12528,"date":"2026-07-30T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:00:09","slug":"exports-reach-us7-90-billion-in-the-first-half-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/en\/exports-reach-us7-90-billion-in-the-first-half-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exports reach US$7.90 Billion in the first half of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
During the first half of 2026<\/strong>, the Dominican Republic exported US$7.90 billion<\/strong>, an increase of US$1.02 billion<\/strong> compared to the same period in 2025, representing a 14.8% year-over-year growth<\/strong>, according to the National Statistics Office (ONE)<\/strong> in its January\u2013June 2026 Exports Bulletin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compared with the US$6.88 billion<\/strong> exported during the first six months of 2025, the latest figures also reflect a 17.4% year-over-year increase in June exports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the report, the overall growth was primarily driven by gold and raw tobacco exports<\/strong>, which together contributed an additional US$828.4 million<\/strong>, making them the principal drivers of export expansion during the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bulletin also noted that Free Trade Zone (FTZ) exports<\/strong> totaled US$4.40 billion<\/strong>, representing a 3.7% increase<\/strong> compared with the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, national exports<\/strong> recorded the strongest performance, rising 35.2% year-over-year<\/strong> and accounting for 42.2% of total exports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remaining 2.0% of exports<\/strong>, corresponding to other customs regimes<\/strong>, declined by 5.5%<\/strong> during the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the first half of 2026, the Dominican Republic exported US$7.90 billion, an increase of US$1.02 billion compared to the same period in 2025, representing a 14.8% year-over-year growth, according to the National Statistics Office (ONE) in its January\u2013June 2026…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment-in-dr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n