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Dominica
Population 72,340
GDP (USD) $537.8 million
GDP Per Capita (USD) $7,433.9
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 14.8%
Industry – 14.1%
Services – 71.1% (2014 est)
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$2.70
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$75,668
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
2. Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles,
modelling pastes
3. Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster,
lime and cement
4. Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers,
etc
5. Miscellaneous chemical products
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. Jamaica – 49.8%
2. Guyana – 6.4%
3. Bahamas – 4.3%
4. France – 3.9%
5. South Africa – 3.6
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$202,723
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Electrical,electronicequipment
2. Commoditiesnotelsewherespecified
3. Machinery,nuclearreactors,boilers,
etc
4. Vehicles
5. Plasticsandarticlesthereof
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. UnitedStatesofAmerica–31.7%
2. China–18.3%
3. Canada–4.1%
4. UnitedKingdom–4%
5. Singapore–3.7%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
97
Dominican Republic
Population 10.41 million
GDP (USD) $63.97 billion
GDP Per Capita (USD) $6,147.3
GDP Contribution by
sector
Agriculture – 6.3%
Industry – 32.1%
Services – 61.6% (2014 est)
Official Exchange rate
(per US Dollar)
$44
Merchandise Trade
Export Value (USD
thousand)
$9,927,796
Top 5 Exports (2014) 1. Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins
etc
2. Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc
apparatus
3. Electrical, electronic equipment
4. Tobacco andmanufactured tobacco
substitutes
5. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
products, etc
Top 5 Export Partners
and (%) share in total
exports
1. United States of America –49.1%
2. Haiti –14.3%
3. Canada –9.2%
4. Switzerland–2.5%
5. China –1.7%
Merchandise Trade
Import Value (USD
thousand)
$17,751,695
Top 5 Imports (2014) 1. Mineral fuels, oils, distillation
productions, etc
2. Electrical, electronic equipment
3. Plastics and articles thereof
4. Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers
etc
5. Vehicles
Top 5 Import Partners
and (%) share in total
imports
1. United States of America – 41%
2. China – 11.6%
3. Mexico – 6%
4. Venezuela – 5.2%
5. Trinidad and Tobago – 4.6%
Ease of Doing Business
Rank (out of 189
economies)
84