Registering Imported Food, Drug and Cosmetics

April 15, 2015 By Investment & Trade

Registering Imported Food, Drugs and Cosmetics in the Dominican Republic: The DIGEMAPS Rules No medicine, packaged food, cosmetic or hygiene product legally reaches a Dominican shelf, or a Dominican hospital, without passing through one office. Decree 82-15, issued April 6, 2015, created that office: the General Directorate of Pharmaceutical, Foods and Sanitary Health Products, DIGEMAPS, […]

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Dominican Free Zone Exports Increase

April 15, 2015 By Investment & Trade

Dominican Free Zones: The Legal Engine Behind an Export Boom Textiles, footwear, cigars, medical devices: the products leaving Dominican free zones read like a map of the country’s industrial strengths, and the United States buys more of them than any other market. When free zone exports grew 6.2% in a single quarter, the strongest pace […]

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