Shipped Where
Imported from Dominican Republic, 2025
$7.6 billion
Share of all US imports
0.2%
Rank among sources
#45, since 2023
Arrived by ship
80%

The Dominican Republic is the 45th largest source of US imports: $7.6 billion in 2025.

That is 0.2% of everything the US imported. The top product line is medical instruments.

What the US buys from the Dominican Republic

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Medical instruments$1.7B · 22.7%
  2. 02Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes$941M · 12.4%
  3. 03Switches, fuses and connectors$799M · 10.6%
  4. 04T-shirts$307M · 4.1%
  5. 05Cocoa beans$246M · 3.2%
  6. 06Gold$198M · 2.6%
  7. 07Jewelry$193M · 2.5%
  8. 08Plastic articles, not elsewhere specified$159M · 2.1%
All 23 products from the Dominican Republic
  1. 09Sugar$150M · 2.0%
  2. 10Tobacco and tobacco substitute manufactures$103M · 1.4%
  3. 11Made-up articles of textile materials not elsewhere specified$103M · 1.4%
  4. 12Tobacco, unmanufactured$102M · 1.4%
  5. 13Brooms, brushes, hand-operated floor sweepers, not motorized$96.6M · 1.3%
  6. 14Sweaters & hoodies$87.4M · 1.2%
  7. 15Leather footwear$81.8M · 1.1%
  8. 16Electromechanical domestic appliances$72.6M · 1.0%
  9. 17Prepared foods, not elsewhere specified$66.6M · 0.9%
  10. 18Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas$62.2M · 0.8%
  11. 19Coffee$54.9M · 0.7%
  12. 20Plastic kitchenware$51.8M · 0.7%
  13. 21Pharmaceutical goods of specified in note 4 to chapter 30$51.3M · 0.7%
  14. 22Filters and centrifuges$44.3M · 0.6%
  15. 23Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders$42.2M · 0.6%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

US imports from the Dominican Republic by year

Total value of goods, in nominal dollars. Labels mark the first year, the peak and the latest year.

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from the Dominican Republic, 2025. Letters match the list.

ABDE
  • CSan Juan, PR, off map
  • FAguadilla, PR, off map

Off this map: C San Juan, PR, F Aguadilla, PR

ABDE

80% of goods from the Dominican Republic arrived by ship. Miami, FL handled 32% on its own.

  1. AMiami, FL $2.4B · 31.5%
  2. BPort Everglades, FL $1.3B · 17.3%
  3. CSan Juan, PR $1.3B · 17.1%
  4. DMiami Airport, FL $849M · 11.2%
  5. EPhiladelphia, PA $309M · 4.1%
  6. FAguadilla, PR $271M · 3.6%

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