The United States is the main economic partner of the Dominican Republic: 85% of the exportations and 51% of the importations.
The country has 46 industrial free zones to produce in-house and to export without any tax mainly clothing.
Sugar remains the major export product employing two thirds of the companies. Trade agreements allow the Dominican republic to sell sugar 3 times above the current worldwide price to the United States.
Tourism is the first source of revenue of the country.
