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La Gerencia de Dominicana Exporta cuenta con 3 Divisiones especializadas: New Business/ Desarrollo de Nuevos Negocios DR at a Glance After Care/ Desarrollo de la Oferta Exportable Market Intelligence/ Inteligencia de Mercado

PRIORITARY EXPORT SECTORS Food and Beverages Processed Products Agriculture Products Organic Products Industry Leather Goods Furniture Construction Technology DR at a Glance Cultural Goods Crafts Audiovisuals Paintings and Sculptures Medical Devices Contact/ Call Center Software/ Businness Process Outsourcing Auto Parts Electric Components

DR at a Glance DR Export Evolution

Main Export Products DR at a Glance NATIONAL Iron-Nickel Sugar Cane derivates Raw Cocoa in grain Steel Bars Cigars Tobacco in Branch Green Coffee Bananas Stripped Tobacco Beers Sugar Cane Rum Source: DR Central Bank and CEI-RD FREE ZONES Blood Transfusion Devices Men’s Underwear Cigars Cotton Pants Upper Shoes Parts Leather Bags Brassieres Transformers Shirts for Men and Children Serum Infusion Equipments Electric Clocks (Alarms)

DR - Main Trade Partners EXPORT: IMPORT: DR at a Glance • USA • South Korea. Corea • Puerto Rico • Haiti • Holland • United Kingdom • Canada • Belgium – Luxemburg • Germany • Japan • USA • Puerto Rico • Mexico • Spain • Japan • Panama • Germany Source: DR Central Bank and CEI-RD

DR Organic Sector DR at a Glance Main Countries Destinations 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Belgium-Luxembourg Germany Holland Italy USA Sweden Puerto Rico Canada France Spain Products: • • • Fresh Bananas Raw Cocoa and cocoa derivates (butter, liqueur, powder) Coffee Coconut and derivates (dried, oil, etc. ) Mango Puree (Pulp) Sour Lemons Nieem based products Ginger Aloe

Commitment toward Excellence While our products are supplied to competitive prices, it is the quality, punctuality, optimum delivery and service what determines our capacity to bet and compete at international level. The regulations under which the national exporter rules themselves, demonstrates that our standards are on par with the strictest worldwide. 1 st. Organic Banana and Cocoa Exporter to EU DR at a Glance 1 st. Worldwide exporter of Beer and sugarcane Rhum 5 th. Commercial Partner in L. A. of EE. UU. 8 th. Worlwide producer of Cocoa ICCO, 2006

Nazario Rizek Cacao DR at a Glance Export Agri Brands Agroindustria Ocoeña, S. A.

Major policy Actions to Promote Industrial and Export Development Law 8 -90: DR at a Glance Promotion of the Free Trade Zones of Exportation: Encourage the establishment of new free trade zones and the growth of the already existing ones, regulating their functioning and development; the benefits of the present law are: 1. Special regime of customs control. 2. Fiscal Exemptions of up to 100 %.

Major policy Actions to Promote Industrial and Export Development Law No. 84 -99: Of Reactivation and Foment to the Exports: To establish new mechanisms and to modernize the existing ones in order to propitiate a reactivation and expansion supported of the exports of goods and services and, therefore, of the economic national growth. The incentives that have this law are: DR at a Glance 1. Refund of the rights and customs charges 2. Compensation simplified of customs charges 3. Regime of temporary admission for the active development

Major policy Actions to Promote Industrial and Export Development Law 28 -01: Special Border Development Zone This law establish that all companies to be installed within any of the provinces listed in the Law, (Pedernales, Independencia, Elias Piña, Dajabón, Montecristi, Santiago Rodriguez and Bahoruco) will benefit from the following facilities and exemptions: Exclusion of 100% of the net income tax –income. 2. Exemption of a 100% of the tax on IVA. 3. Exemption of import duties and taxes and other related charges. 4. DR at a Glance 1. Exemption of fifty percent (50%) in the payment of freedom of transit and use of ports and airports. In no case shall be allowed to import machinery, equipment, spare parts, accessories, fuels, semi-finished and finished products, packaging and other ingredients exempt of taxes when they are produced locally in sufficient quantity and in quality and competitive prices, except when the exemptions arise from international agreements or treaties.

Major policy Actions to Promote Industrial and Export Development LAW 56 -07: DR at a Glance That declares of national priority the sectors belonging to the textile chain The import and/or purchases in the local market of raw materials, machineries, equipment and services established in this Law, and made by the companies of the sectors belonging to the textile chain, dressmaking and accessories; skin, footwear and leather manufactures, are exempt from the payment of the IVA and other taxes.

Major policy Actions to Promote Industrial and Export Development LAW 57 -07: Incentives for the Development of Renewable Sources of Energy and its Special Regiments DR at a Glance The National Commission of Energy (CNE) will recommend the exemption of all kinds of taxes of import to the equipment, machineries and accessories imported by the companies or individual persons, necessary for the production of energy of renewable sources. The exemption will be 100 % of taxes. This incentive includes the import of transformation equipment, transmission and interconnection of electrical energy to the SENI. The equipment and materials are also exempt from the payment of the Tax on the Transfer of Industrialized Goods and Services (ITBIS) and from all the taxes to the final selling.

DR at a Glance Dominican Products Ranking in EE. UU. Sugar Cane Cigars Cotton Pants for Men Raw Cocoa Brassieres Iron-Nickel Blood Transfusion Devices Steel Bars Switches Electric Components Beer Bananas Disposable Blankets 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 10 11

DR Commercial Agreements GENERALIZED SYSTEMS OF PREFERENCES (GSP) WITH: Japan, Canada, Russia, Australia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Norway and New Zeeland (DR-CAFTA) CA+DR-USA (EPA’S) CARIFORUM – UE (CARICOM + DR + 27 countries EU) DR at a Glance CENTRAL AMERICA PANAMA – Partial Agreement

Preferential Market Access 871. 5 Millions of Consumers European Community Agreement Association 495. 5 M DR at a Glance DR-CAFTA North America 306 M FTA with Central America 40 M CARICOM Caribbean 30 M

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