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Haiti - FLASH : Chaos, anger and confusion on the border market of Dajabón
16/01/2018 06:54:55

Haiti - FLASH : Chaos, anger and confusion on the border market of Dajabón
On Monday day of the binational market of Dajabón, the Haitian authorities intervened to try to enforce the decision to prohibit entry into Haiti of 23 Dominican products https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15156-haiti-notice-import-ban-by-road-of-certain-products-from-dr.html . It should be remembered that this decision, which came into force on October 1, 2015, has been very rarely applied because of the incidents it causes among traders and poor people in the border area whose trade is the only source of livelihood. Let's specify that this decision does not prohibit the importation of these 23 Dominicans products in Haiti, but only their import by land, in order, according to the Government to facilitate the collection of customs taxes more controlled at ports and airports...

The intervention of the Haitian authorities has caused chaos in the binational market for several hours and anger among traders especially on the Haitian side.

The businessman Abigail Bueno also President of the Association of retailers of Dajabón, reiterated Monday that this measure was "an abuse on the part of the Haitian customs authorities and was unfair", because it affects only the small Haitian traders and the poorest people, while this measure not only benefits large Haitian traders who bring these goods legally by sea or air, but also promotes the growth of smuggling." This situation is one of the factors that will lead to the bankruptcy of Haitian and Dominican traders, who to sell on the market make loans in banks, cooperatives and other commercial establishments [formal and informal] and who will not be able to repay their debts," stating that they will organize a meeting in the objective of trying to find a solution to this situation...

Fernando Diaz, President of the Association of Market Vendors, is aware that this is not new from the Haitian authorities, but that by continuing to want to maintain this measure, traders and carriers risk again to block and paralyze the border, with all the social-economic consequences on the population, road transport on both sides of the border and the resulting violence...

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20991-haiti-economy-chaos-and-confusion-on-the-dajabon-border-market.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17296-haiti-economy-haiti-paradise-of-smuggling.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15487-haiti-social-the-desperation-and-hunger-affect-haitians-at-the-border.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15438-haiti-flash-violent-demonstration-at-the-border.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15405-haiti-economy-trade-totally-paralyzed-at-the-border-of-dajabon.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15338-haiti-politic-application-of-bans-measures-at-border.html

SL/ HaitiLibre

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