Business in Haiti
(Course, Master)

Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Haiti - Port-au-Prince.
- Introduction to the Republic of Haiti (Caribbean)
- Haitian Economy
- Haitian advantages
- Doing Business in Port-au-Prince
- Foreign Trade of Haiti
- Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Haiti
- Business Opportunities in Haiti
- Apparel
- Agribusiness
- Tourism
- BPO and IT
- Case Study:
- Apparel and textiles sector in Haiti
- Sûrtab (Android-based tablet)
- Access to the Haitian Market
- Business Plan for Haiti
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Haiti” are the following:
- To analyse Haitian economy and foreign trade
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Haiti
- To explore the Haitian trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Haitian Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
- To examine the profile of Haitian Companies
- To develop a business plan for the Haitian Market
Example of the Online Subject - Doing Business in Haiti

Description of the Online Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Haiti
The Republic of Haiti
Haiti was the first black Republic and the second to become independent.
- Population of Haiti: 10 million (65% under the age of 30, black 95%)
- Haitian Capital: Port-au-Prince
- 2010 earthquake
- Official languages of Haiti: French and Creole (official)
- Haitian Area: 27,750 square kilometres
- Haiti is the second-largest island the Caribbean
- Haitian frontier: The Dominican Republic
- Near countries: Cuba (77 kilometres), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the United States
- Independence of Haiti from France: 1825
- Abolition of Slavery in Haiti: (1804)
- African Diaspora in Haiti: 10.2 million people (95% of the Haitian population)
- Toussaint Louverture
Religions:
- Catholicism (official) 55%
- Protestants 28%
- Voodoo (official) 2.1%
Haiti belongs to the Caribbean Economic Area of the Western Civilisation
Haitian Economy.
- Post-earthquake Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti
- 80% of the Haitian population is living under the poverty line
- Economic recovery since 2011
- Haitian GDP growth: 3.6%
- Top Haitian economic sectors: tourism (1 million tourist/year), apparel industry (36,000 workers, 10% of the GDP), agribusiness, electronics manufacturing (Android-based tablets), free zones, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and information technology (IT) Industry
- Government support to the free trade zones, and industrial parks
- Global brands in Haiti: Heineken, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Marriot
- Haiti is one of the most corrupt countries in the World
Haitian Foreign Trade.
- Top Haitian export sector: Apparel
- Largest ports: Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien
- Transit time Port-au-Prince to Port Everglades (Florida, US):
three days
- Main Haitian agribusiness exports: bananas, cocoa, coffee, mangos, and sisal

Haiti has Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with
- Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act -
the United States
- Beneficiary of Everything but Arms (EBA) - European Union-
- CARICOM
- Colombia-Haiti (CARICOM) Agreement (FTA)
- Agreement Costa Rica-Caribbean Community (Haiti)
- CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EU)
- The Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN)
- CARICOM-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)
- United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
- The Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME)
- Association of Caribbean States (Haiti)
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)



Colombia-Haiti (CARICOM) Trade Agreement:

Haiti is a member of:
- Organisation of American States (OAS)
- Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
- The Caribbean Development Bank
- Commonwealth
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- World Bank (WB)
- World Customs Organisation
- United Nations

The Agreement European Union-CARICOM (Haiti)



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