Business in Haiti

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

1. To analyze Haitian Economy and Global Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in Haiti
3. To explore the Haitian trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Haitian Trade Agreements
5. To examine the profile of Haitian Companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Haitian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Haiti” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: American Business, World Trade.

Languages: or Haiti Haïti Haiti.

Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Haiti”: 1

Haitian Preferential Access and Trade Agreements with

1. Haiti and the Caribbean Economic Area
2. CARICOM
   1. Colombia-Haiti (CARICOM) Agreement
   2. Costa Rica>-CARICOM (Haiti)
   3. CARICOM-Dominican Republic FTA
   4. UK-CARIFORUM Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreement
3. The Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME)
4. Association of Caribbean States
5. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System
6. The U.S.-Haiti
   1. Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act - United States
   2. The U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
7. EU-Haiti
   1. Beneficiary of Everything but Arms (EBA)
   2. CARIFORUM-EU Agreement
8. Caribbean Basin Initiative
   1. The U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
9. Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement
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

1. WTO
   1. GATS
   2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention

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

1. OAS
2. ECLAC
3. Inter-American Development Bank
4. CELAC

Global Organizations:

1. Commonwealth
2. UN
3. WB
4. WTO
5. IMF
6. 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 km²
6. Haiti is the second-largest island the Caribbean
7. Haitian frontier: The Dominican Republic
8. Near countries: Cuba (77 kilometers), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the U.S.
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.

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. Haitian GDP growth: 3.6%
4. 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 IT Industry
5. Government support to the free trade zones, and industrial parks
6. Global brands in Haiti: Heineken, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Marriot
7. 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

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