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Trade between the Dominican Republic and India

In 2024, the Dominican Republic exported $756 million to India and imported $490 million. The Dominican Republic ran a surplus of $266 million with India, compared with a surplus of $169 million in 2019. India was the Dominican Republic’s 5th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and the Dominican Republic was India’s 81st (0.1%).

Summary

Dominican Republic → India
$756million
India → Dominican Republic
$490million
The Dominican Republic’s balance
$266million

Balance

The Dominican Republic’s trade balance with India

Trade between the Dominican Republic and India grew 342.5-fold since 1995

USD millions (current). The Dominican Republic’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 756
  • Imports 490
  • Balance +266

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$0$4 million-$4 million
1996$0$4 million-$4 million
1997$0$5 million-$5 million
1998$37 thousand$5 million-$5 million
1999$433 thousand$11 million-$10 million
2000$522 thousand$10 million-$10 million
2001$65 thousand$16 million-$16 million
2002$280 thousand$22 million-$21 million
2003$3 million$19 million-$16 million
2004$4 million$31 million-$27 million
2005$3 million$51 million-$48 million
2006$6 million$51 million-$45 million
2007$4 million$60 million-$56 million
2008$12 million$93 million-$80 million
2009$11 million$86 million-$74 million
2010$20 million$116 million-$96 million
2011$10 million$136 million-$126 million
2012$14 million$144 million-$130 million
2013$15 million$146 million-$131 million
2014$91 million$183 million-$92 million
2015$606 million$234 million$371 million
2016$646 million$263 million$383 million
2017$599 million$240 million$358 million
2018$562 million$283 million$279 million
2019$462 million$292 million$169 million
2020$200 million$270 million-$70 million
2021$656 million$409 million$247 million
2022$415 million$596 million-$180 million
2023$443 million$516 million-$73 million
2024$756 million$490 million$266 million

What they sell each other

What the Dominican Republic sells to India

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Gold$616 million · 81.5%
    29 tonnes · the Dominican Republic’s destinations
  2. 23 thousand tonnes
  3. Cocoa beans$23 million · 3.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Precious metal scrap$17 million · 2.2%
  5. Aluminum scrap$14 million · 1.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Waste paper$13 million · 1.7%
    52 thousand tonnes
  7. 110 tonnes · the Dominican Republic’s destinations
  8. Ferrous scrap$10 million · 1.3%
    31 thousand tonnes · India’s sources
  9. Copper scrap$6 million · 0.85%
    901 tonnes
  10. Lead scrap$5 million · 0.61%
    4 thousand tonnes

What India sells to the Dominican Republic

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 5 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  2. Ceramic tiles$39 million · 8%
    44 thousand tonnes
  3. Motorcycles$35 million · 7.1%
    4 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  4. 5 thousand tonnes
  5. Cars$23 million · 4.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  6. Bread, biscuits and pastries$22 million · 4.5%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Raw tobacco$10 million · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. 6 thousand tonnes
  9. Synthetic dyes$9 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Cotton yarn$7 million · 1.4%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santo Domingo to Nhava Sheva (Mumbai).

The estimated sea route between Santo Domingo and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) is 10,713 nautical miles (19,840 km) long: ≈ 25–32 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope (10,713 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (8,804 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$572 million · 45.9%
  2. Air$674 million · 54.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

India was the Dominican Republic’s 5th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and the Dominican Republic was India’s 81st (0.1%).

India in the Dominican Republic’s trade
2.6%
India’s rank among the Dominican Republic’s partners
5th
The Dominican Republic in India’s trade
0.1%
The Dominican Republic’s rank among India’s partners
81st

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.