Business in Haiti, Port-au-Prince

The objectives of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Haiti” are the following:

1. To analyse Haitian Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Haiti
3. To explore the Haitian trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Haitian Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
5. To examine the profile of Haitian Companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Haitian Market

Haitian Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with

1. Haiti and the Caribbean Economic Area
2. CARICOM
   1. Colombia-Haiti (CARICOM) Agreement (FTA)
   2. Costa Rica-Caribbean Community (Haiti)
   3. CARICOM-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
   4. United Kingdom-CARIFORUM Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreement
3. The Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME)
4. Association of Caribbean States (Haiti)
5. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
6. United States-Haiti
   1. Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act - United States
   2. United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
7. European Union-Haiti
   1. Beneficiary of Everything but Arms (EBA)
   2. CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EU)
8. Caribbean Basin Initiative
   1. United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
9. Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN)
10. Caribbean Development Bank
11. Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) - accession process
12. Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) - observer country

Trade Facilitation Programs

1. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
   1. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
   3. WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
   4. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI)
   5. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
   6. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
2. World Customs Organisation (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

American Trade and Economic Organisations. Haiti is a member of:

1. Organisation of American States (OAS)
2. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
3. Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
4. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

Global Organisations

1. Commonwealth
2. United Nations (UN)
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre (INTRACEN)
   3. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
3. World Bank (WB)
4. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
5. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
6. World Customs Organisation (WCO)

The Republic of Haiti

1. Population of Haiti: 10 million (65% under the age of 30, black 95%)
2. Haitian Capital: Port-au-Prince
3. 2010 earthquake
4. Official languages of Haiti: French and Creole (official)
5. Haitian Area: 27,750 square kilometres
6. Haiti is the second-largest island the Caribbean
7. Haitian frontier: The Dominican Republic
8. Near countries: Cuba (77 kilometres), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the United States
9. Independence of Haiti from France: 1825
10. Abolition of Slavery in Haiti: (1804)
11. African Diaspora in Haiti: 10.2 million people (95% of the Haitian population)

Religions in Haiti:

1. Catholicism (official) 55%
2. Protestants 28%
3. Voodoo (official) 2.1%

Haiti belongs to the Caribbean Economic Area of the Western Civilisation

Haitian Economy.

1. Post-earthquake Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti
2. 80% of the Haitian population is living under the poverty line
3. Economic recovery since 2011
4. Haitian GDP growth: 3.6%
5. 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
6. Government support to the free trade zones, and industrial parks
7. Global brands in Haiti: Heineken, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Marriot
8. Haiti is one of the most corrupt countries in the World

Haitian Foreign Trade.

1. Top Haitian export sector: Apparel
2. Largest ports of Haiti: Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien
3. Transit time Port-au-Prince to Port Everglades (Florida, US): three days
4. Main Haitian agribusiness exports: bananas, cocoa, coffee, mangos, and sisal

Colombia-Haiti (CARICOM) Trade Agreement: