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Trade between the Dominican Republic and the United States

In 2024, the Dominican Republic exported $7.6 billion to the United States and imported $13 billion. The Dominican Republic ran a deficit of $5.4 billion with the United States, compared with a deficit of $3.6 billion in 2019. The United States was the Dominican Republic’s largest trading partner (43% of its trade), and the Dominican Republic was the United States’ 35th (0.4%).

Summary

Dominican Republic → United States
$7.6billion
United States → Dominican Republic
$13billion
The Dominican Republic’s balance
-$5.4billion

Balance

The Dominican Republic’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between the Dominican Republic and the United States grew 3.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 7.6
  • Imports 13
  • Balance -5.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.4 billion$2.9 billion$495 million
1996$3.6 billion$3.1 billion$480 million
1997$4.3 billion$3.8 billion$491 million
1998$4.4 billion$3.9 billion$575 million
1999$4.3 billion$4 billion$314 million
2000$4.3 billion$4.3 billion-$62 million
2001$4.1 billion$3.6 billion$441 million
2002$4.7 billion$4.8 billion-$79 million
2003$4.9 billion$3.5 billion$1.4 billion
2004$5.2 billion$3.4 billion$1.7 billion
2005$5.1 billion$4.1 billion$1.1 billion
2006$5.2 billion$5.4 billion-$176 million
2007$5.5 billion$6.3 billion-$794 million
2008$4.6 billion$7.3 billion-$2.7 billion
2009$3.7 billion$5.5 billion-$1.8 billion
2010$3.9 billion$6.2 billion-$2.2 billion
2011$4.7 billion$7.8 billion-$3.1 billion
2012$4.6 billion$6.6 billion-$2 billion
2013$4.6 billion$6.7 billion-$2.1 billion
2014$4.8 billion$7.7 billion-$2.9 billion
2015$4.8 billion$7.5 billion-$2.7 billion
2016$4.9 billion$8.2 billion-$3.3 billion
2017$4.9 billion$8.8 billion-$3.9 billion
2018$5.4 billion$9.6 billion-$4.2 billion
2019$5.9 billion$9.5 billion-$3.6 billion
2020$5.4 billion$7.6 billion-$2.2 billion
2021$6.7 billion$12.1 billion-$5.4 billion
2022$7.1 billion$12.9 billion-$5.9 billion
2023$7.1 billion$12.6 billion-$5.5 billion
2024$7.6 billion$13 billion-$5.4 billion

What they sell each other

What the Dominican Republic sells to the United States

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

  1. Medical and dental instruments$1.7 billion · 22.1%
    31 thousand tonnes · the Dominican Republic’s destinations
  2. Cigarettes and cigars$958 million · 12.6%
    18 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  3. Low-voltage switches and connectors$750 million · 9.9%
    17 thousand tonnes
  4. Jewelry$439 million · 5.8%
    72 tonnes · the United States’ sources
  5. T-shirts$315 million · 4.2%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Other plastic articles$179 million · 2.4%
    11 thousand tonnes
  7. Cane and beet sugar$162 million · 2.1%
    180 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  8. Gold$158 million · 2.1%
    3 tonnes · the Dominican Republic’s destinations
  9. Cocoa beans$138 million · 1.8%
    19 thousand tonnes
  10. Centrifuges and filters$128 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to the Dominican Republic

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

  1. Refined petroleum$2.3 billion · 17.6%
    3.1 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$953 million · 7.3%
    2 million tonnes
  3. Crude petroleum$788 million · 6.1%
    1.3 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Cars$669 million · 5.2%
    53 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Other plastic articles$466 million · 3.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Cotton yarn$272 million · 2.1%
    83 thousand tonnes
  7. Jewelry$268 million · 2.1%
    41 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Pork$266 million · 2.1%
    89 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Plastic packaging$192 million · 1.5%
    15 thousand tonnes
  10. Raw tobacco$184 million · 1.4%
    14 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santo Domingo to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Santo Domingo and Los Angeles is 3,866 nautical miles (7,159 km) long: ≈ 9–11.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

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$16.1 billion · 78.1%
  2. Air$4.5 billion · 21.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was the Dominican Republic’s largest trading partner (43% of its trade), and the Dominican Republic was the United States’ 35th (0.4%).

The United States in the Dominican Republic’s trade
43.4%
The United States’ rank among the Dominican Republic’s partners
1st
The Dominican Republic in the United States’ trade
0.4%
The Dominican Republic’s rank among the United States’ partners
35th

Compare with

Other partners of the Dominican Republic

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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.