Summary
- Largest supplier: United States
- 39.4%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 1,989
- Products with a supplier above 50%
- 396
- Products with a supplier above 75%
- 133
Concentration index (HHI): 1,989 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 5 suppliers of the same size
Trend
Trend in shares
The United States went from 65.2% to 39.4% of what the Dominican Republic buys
Share (%)
- United States 39.4%
- China 19%
- Spain 4%
- Brazil 3.6%
- Mexico 3.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest supplier | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States | 65.2% |
| 1996 | United States | 62.3% |
| 1997 | United States | 64% |
| 1998 | United States | 58.6% |
| 1999 | United States | 56.1% |
| 2000 | United States | 51.5% |
| 2001 | United States | 47.5% |
| 2002 | United States | 49.5% |
| 2003 | United States | 48.5% |
| 2004 | United States | 45.7% |
| 2005 | United States | 42.2% |
| 2006 | United States | 44.3% |
| 2007 | United States | 40.6% |
| 2008 | United States | 39.6% |
| 2009 | United States | 40.2% |
| 2010 | United States | 37.4% |
| 2011 | United States | 40.8% |
| 2012 | United States | 36.6% |
| 2013 | United States | 37.5% |
| 2014 | United States | 40.5% |
| 2015 | United States | 40.1% |
| 2016 | United States | 42.2% |
| 2017 | United States | 43.8% |
| 2018 | United States | 42.9% |
| 2019 | United States | 42.4% |
| 2020 | United States | 39.9% |
| 2021 | United States | 43.6% |
| 2022 | United States | 40.5% |
| 2023 | United States | 40.3% |
| 2024 | United States | 39.4% |
Its suppliers
Products with a dominant supplier
Of the 765 products the Dominican Republic buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | United States | 80.1%over 75% | Netherlands · 3.2% | $2.9 billion |
| Natural gas and LPG | United States | 81.1%over 75% | Trinidad and Tobago · 15.4% | $1.2 billion |
| Crude petroleum | United States | 100%over 75% | Brazil · 0% | $788 million |
| Other plastic articles | United States | 64.5% | China · 20.5% | $722 million |
| Jewelry | United States | 59.5% | Italy · 36.2% | $450 million |
| Coal | Colombia | 56.7% | United States · 38% | $383 million |
| Corn | Brazil | 73.4% | United States · 18.9% | $323 million |
| Cameras and broadcast equipment | China | 84.9%over 75% | United States · 8% | $317 million |
| Plastic packaging | United States | 61.3% | China · 11.5% | $313 million |
| Pork | United States | 88.6%over 75% | Brazil · 9.7% | $300 million |
| Cotton yarn | United States | 91.7%over 75% | India · 2.4% | $296 million |
| Gold | Italy | 78.9%over 75% | United States · 11.1% | $261 million |
| Transformers and power supplies | China | 53.8% | United States · 17.3% | $224 million |
| Plastic sheets and film | United States | 55.6% | China · 12.7% | $215 million |
| Polyethylene | United States | 72.6% | Mexico · 10.1% | $200 million |
| Motorcycles | China | 61.3% | India · 17.6% | $196 million |
| Spirits | United Kingdom | 70.2% | Mexico · 11% | $194 million |
| Coated flat steel | China | 91.5%over 75% | Spain · 3.1% | $192 million |
| Diodes, transistors and solar cells | China | 82%over 75% | Spain · 13.8% | $189 million |
| Air conditioners | China | 87.7%over 75% | United States · 5.8% | $180 million |
| Soybean oil | Argentina | 70.2% | United States · 16.2% | $180 million |
| Dried, salted and smoked fish | Norway | 69.7% | Canada · 21% | $155 million |
| Oilseed flours | United States | 98.9%over 75% | Argentina · 0.84% | $151 million |
| Computer and office machine parts | China | 51.3% | United States · 34% | $150 million |
| Poultry meat | United States | 74.3% | Brazil · 25.7% | $142 million |
and 371 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Selling: who it relies on
- Largest customer: United States
- 52.4%
- Concentration (HHI)
- 2,882
Concentration index (HHI): 2,882 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 3 customers of the same size
Trend in shares
The United States went from 87.6% to 52.4% of what the Dominican Republic sells
Share (%)
- United States 52.4%
- Haiti 6.2%
- Switzerland 5.2%
- India 5.2%
- China 4.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Largest customer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | United States | 87.6% |
| 1996 | United States | 83.1% |
| 1997 | United States | 84.8% |
| 1998 | United States | 88.6% |
| 1999 | United States | 89.5% |
| 2000 | United States | 87.5% |
| 2001 | United States | 84.2% |
| 2002 | United States | 82.5% |
| 2003 | United States | 80% |
| 2004 | United States | 76% |
| 2005 | United States | 73.9% |
| 2006 | United States | 65.9% |
| 2007 | United States | 60.2% |
| 2008 | United States | 52.2% |
| 2009 | United States | 55.8% |
| 2010 | United States | 54.5% |
| 2011 | United States | 51.6% |
| 2012 | United States | 49% |
| 2013 | United States | 45.5% |
| 2014 | United States | 43.5% |
| 2015 | United States | 47.2% |
| 2016 | United States | 46.7% |
| 2017 | United States | 45.7% |
| 2018 | United States | 47.8% |
| 2019 | United States | 48.4% |
| 2020 | United States | 48.7% |
| 2021 | United States | 51% |
| 2022 | United States | 50.9% |
| 2023 | United States | 51.8% |
| 2024 | United States | 52.4% |
218 of the 319 products the Dominican Republic sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what the Dominican Republic sells of that product; in 129, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 50.3% of what the Dominican Republic sells.
| Product | Customer | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and dental instruments | United States | 65.4% | China · 7.1% | $2.6 billion |
| Cigarettes and cigars | United States | 84%over 75% | Germany · 5.1% | $1.1 billion |
| Low-voltage switches and connectors | United States | 81%over 75% | Canada · 5.5% | $926 million |
| T-shirts | United States | 62.6% | Haiti · 19.4% | $504 million |
| Jewelry | United States | 98.7%over 75% | Italy · 0.78% | $444 million |
| Cane and beet sugar | United States | 99.8%over 75% | Guyana · 0.09% | $163 million |
| Other made-up textiles | United States | 73.8% | Mexico · 16.7% | $157 million |
| Brooms, brushes and paintbrushes | United States | 57.3% | United Kingdom · 10.5% | $147 million |
| Centrifuges and filters | United States | 93.6%over 75% | Canada · 4.9% | $137 million |
| Copper ore | China | 99.1%over 75% | South Korea · 0.9% | $109 million |
| Leather footwear | United States | 59.1% | Netherlands · 8.9% | $109 million |
| Aluminum bars and profiles | United States | 97.6%over 75% | Haiti · 0.75% | $97 million |
| Ferroalloys | China | 91.2%over 75% | South Korea · 4.1% | $97 million |
| Other cotton fabric | Haiti | 99.3%over 75% | El Salvador · 0.52% | $89 million |
| Sweaters and pullovers | United States | 98.3%over 75% | Canada · 1.2% | $88 million |
and 203 more
Concentration compared
The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).
| Rank | Country | HHI |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | Haiti | 2,007 |
| 57 | Solomon Islands | 2,000 |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 1,989 |
| 59 | American Samoa | 1,977 |
| 60 | Jamaica | 1,955 |
| 61 | Hong Kong | 1,927 |
Links
- Trade profile of the Dominican Republic
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and Brazil
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and China
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and India
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and Mexico
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and Spain
- Trade between the Dominican Republic and the United States
- Dependence of the Dominican Republic on the United States
- Dependence of the Dominican Republic on China
- All countries
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.