Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Agriculture, Limber Cruz, assured that agricultural exports to the United States increased by 37% in the first five months of the year.
The injection of capital at zero rate through the Agricultural Bank, adequate planting planning, improvement of inter-parcel roads and irrigation canals, are part of the initiatives carried out by the Government “that reflected favorable results in the reactivation of the agricultural sector.”
According to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture, statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), show that “exports to that country went from US$709 to 969 million, compared to the same period last year.”