Technical work for the establishment of Export Dominica completed

Eisenhower Douglas

Economist in the Ministry of Trade, Dr. Eisenhower Douglas has confirmed that the technical work required for the establishment of Export Dominica is complete.

Plans for the new entity which will replace the Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) were highlighted during the 2012-2013 budget address of Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit last year.

Prime Minister Skerrit during the budget address indicated that Export Dominica would begin operations early in 2013.

“I am pleased to announce that the technical work is completed. The technical work now has to be reviewed by Cabinet which I am hoping will take place sometime after carnival,” noted Douglas.

This new entity according to Prime Minister Skerrit is in keeping with Government’s new thrust to increase economic performance through exports.

Skerrit told the House during last year’s budget that Export Dominica will focus on export facilitation.

PM Skerrit said at the time that the entity will be required to plan and execute its work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, manufacturers, producers and cultural products and other enterprises with the potential to export

The Prime Minister also said that “the development of an export culture and the transformation of Dominica’s export sector are critical elements in Dominica’s quest to achieve sustained economic growth”.

The Prime Minister during the last budget address also reminded the House that the process of doing so has been set in motion with the development of the National Export Council (NES) and the more recent establishment of the National Export Council.

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14 Comments

  1. Let's talk
    February 8, 2013

    Well we are interesting to see and hear of these new plans. What is going to be different from what was prior?

    Now let’s talk about what we are exporting! What are the incetives to famers to continue farming after the current ones retire? Do they get help with equipment? Healthcare? Larger fields? Better irrigation? And the like? I am not a farmer, nor do I know what farming entails? But I am curious to know what is in these new plans and how are they going to increase our export.

    Now while we are on the subject of ‘increase economic performance’, can someone please explain to me why Dominicans are penalized by heavy taxes when they import goods from abroad like clothing, shoes, books, groceries and the like which we do not produce on the island and need as our basic standards of living.

    I took the time to read up on our import fees and it seems that the Dominican government can tax up to 100% the value of the item. I need someone from the Dominican government to explain to us why that is.

    We talk about poverty amoung our people, we talk about the standard of living being low, and it seems the Dominican government is disabling our economic progress.

    Doesnt the government receive money from our taxes and other services that they provide.
    The high fees discourages people from importing, so I do not see how these fees can benefit the government.

    I strongly believe that the DOminican Authorities needs to loosen their reigns on these extortional import fees.

    Business owners have said over and over again that the reasons for their overpriced goods was they overpriced import fees. Who suffers? The citizens, the consumers!

    How are we to move forward toward increasing our economic performance, if you continue to disable us with these fees…

    Same with tourism, if we tax the cruise ships heavily, and they stop coming to our country( esp when there are other destinations with lower fees), who suffers? The citizens

    Free up on these outrageous import fees and free up the Dominican people. We will then see an increase in the economy. We all like convenience of having things right away. The store keepers can charge us lower and we can spend more. If we choose, with lower import fees, to import good from abroad, then this will help generate our economy with an increase in import and money received from the imports.

    Explain to me why when a person buys a 10 year old + car from Japan with high mileage (because that is what the person could afford), for $10,000 E.C. Please tell me why, that person has to pay the government an additional almost $10,000 E.C to receive it? Is there an alternative? Do we have local car manufacturers? Should we not increase our standards of living and be imprisoned? Should we never seek to achieve more in life?

  2. Rastar-Marn
    February 8, 2013

    But wait nuh is not Mista-dem dat have all dat land dere dey calling Hamptead???

    Is not dem same Marn dere nuh dat dier Fadda build a whole empire and left for dem and dey still cannot make two ends meet???

    So after all dat we still letting Mista dem Run tings???

    Waaaay after-all man,,

    If Mista is Big economist even wiff Doctorate, send him and rejuvenate all dat Land and all dem business his Faddar left for dem nuh, put him to the test and when he pass dat den Marn can listen to him when he come talk,,,

    Stcheewps!!!

  3. happ
    February 7, 2013

    maybe not the perfect, but surely the best government we have seen since we attained our independence. that’s why the score is 18-3.

    • Anonymous
      February 7, 2013

      hahahaahaaahhaaa thats funny!!! Bless you!!!!

    • Anonymous
      February 7, 2013

      They got 18-3 because Dominicans are a simple people and easily impressed. Give us some plywood and rum a road here and there and we are good to go!

      Papa Skerrit didn’t study psychology for nothing and thanks to Venezuela aka Petro Caribe and by the way, any word on where that money is and how much we have collected and how much we owe and if in fact we have made any payments? Anyway, thanks to Venezuela he has all the cash he needs to buy votes.

      The real test is if he has no cash; it’s just him and his “accomplishments” so far, would he get 18 -3? Doubt that very much. In fact safe to say – Hell No! – because bottomline is we broker than ever before and producing less than ever before, but he bamboozles us brilliantly with his “niggeritis” mode of governance.

      “Best government we have seen” indeed! so very easily impressed aren’t you?

  4. Anonymous
    February 7, 2013

    Changing names? Didnt they do that with the tourist board and same old crap!

    They already had DEXIA why didnt they first focus on the manufacturers and farmers directly?

    Did the government cut duties and taxes?

    Has the minister of trade along with key manufacturers and farmers been beating the pavements of the region and the cruise ship industry laying down the ground work for expanding markets? If so where is the information on accomplishments so far?

    In fact, in regards to cruise ship industry, has the minister of trade been beating down the doors of other islands to work as a unit to ensure the
    cruise ships buy local in a structured formalized manner? Is Nature Island Paper Products for example and Bello supplying toilet paper and pepper sauce to the ships? and the equivalent in other islands as obviously Bello and NIPP cant meet all needs of ships but can certainly satisfy their own maximum outputs.

    Did the government arrange some kind of rebate for electricity costs for example? mediate between manufacturing sector and DOMLEC?

    What about raw materials? Are the policies favourable for importing raw materials?

    Has the government assisted in improving and/or creating farms or whatever to supply some of those raw materials that are imported so we dont have to import them?

    But I am reading about changing the name of an existing institution as if that is the greatest acheivement ever meanwhile manufacturers are going bankrupt and farms being abandoned. As usual priorties are completely moronic.

    But I bet some sweet consultancy fees were paid out so at least maybe TWO people are happy. stewps.

    Dominica is not poor because of its size nuh.

    • Annica Alethea
      February 7, 2013

      They do not have the political will to fire the GM of DEXIA so they are creating a new entity to get rid of the GM.
      DEXIA, DOMINICA EXPORT and National Export Strategy is the same mem bet mem pwel.

  5. Watta
    February 7, 2013

    What allyou plan to export?…tell me quick because I want to start to….. :-? plant? … :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  6. vexness
    February 6, 2013

    All talk and no walk, PM: development of an export culture and the transformation of d/ca’s export sector, jus save d info nice language no luggage…no respect 4 smart pple intelligence.

  7. Pie in the sky...
    February 6, 2013

    Changing the names of mountains or agencies will not make one iota of difference.

    I suspect that this “initiative” is a product of The Dominica Export Strategy – a red herring that has the lowest common denominator of committees and academia written all over it.

    The strategy is based on a template foreign to our shores and ignores blindingly obvious practical steps that should have been taken years ago. Given a fraction of the funding spent on preparing and promoting the document, the farmers in the field and the manufacturers on the shop floor, could have been getting on with the job.

    • W.
      February 7, 2013

      I wonder whether you actually READ and UNDERSTOOD the document… Hmmmm.

  8. White Plains Rd
    February 6, 2013

    Another Pool with Top Spinners in it My God!!

    This Regime has no Success Stories of Economic Growth to Present to the citizens..

    Just a whole heap of So call Brainy folks Chatting.

    Have not seen any Methods and Procedures which This Regime and their Spin Masters have Accomplished! haha..

    Oh i forgot they have made Dominica the Poorest in The Eastern Caribbean..haha

    Congrats Labour Party, at least you made a Record As the First Regime to have that over your Head!

    • Handouts
      February 6, 2013

      saysa

    • IPO
      February 7, 2013

      Diaspora–remote control…can’t contribute to Dca development but will assist in its negativity

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