Dominican Republic: leading imports in 2021, by product
In 2021, the Dominican Republic imported 2.1 billion U.S. dollars' worth of petroleum oil, which made it the main imported product category in the Caribbean country. In that same year, vehicles for passenger transportation amounted to a total import value of almost 1.2 billion dollars, making it the second-most imported product. It was closely followed by petroleum gas, which made up approximately 1.07 billion dollars of imports. These three product categories, along with crude petroleum oils and packaged medicaments encompassed the Dominican Republic's main imported products in 2021.