# Dominican Republic to CHN HS 260900 new corridor signal

This page reviews a reported new-corridor signal for tin ores and concentrates. It separates reported trade observations from calculated indicators and access context.

## Signal summary

- Signal type: New corridor
- Signal strength: 68/100
- Reported period: 2024
- Buyer market imports: $1.3B
- Buyer market growth: -1.2%
- Current exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap: 33.0%

## What the signal means

The signal points to a newly observed exporter-to-buyer relationship in the available reporting. It is a prompt for market research, not a forecast, order, or guarantee of commercial access. Compare demand, suppliers, access, and route history together before acting.

## Market opportunity

- Latest buyer imports: $1.3B
- Three-year buyer-import projection: $2.5B
- Supplier countries observed: 33
- Average buyer imports: $301.6M
- Historical buyer-import peak: $1.7B
- Full-history buyer-import CAGR: +37.8%
- Latest buyer-import annual change: -1.2%

## Competition landscape

- Top supplier: MMR
- Top supplier share: 33.0%
- Market concentration: 2,195
- Exporter share: 0.0%
- Share gap to peer benchmark: 33.0%

## Access profile

- Applied tariff: Not reported
- MFN tariff: Not reported
- Preferential tariff: Not reported
- Approximate distance: 13,500 km
- Trade agreement: Not reported
- Business entry time: 8.5 days
- Shared spoken language score: 0

## Buyer economy

- GDP per person: $12.6K
- GDP per-person growth: +30.3%
- Population: 1,412,360k
- GDP: $17.7T
- GDP five-year CAGR: Not reported
- Investment rate: 44.5%
- Savings rate: 45.8%

## Product-level history

| Year | Product exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | $2.4K | +0.0% |

## Broader route context

Broader Dominican Republic to CHN route exports provide route context only; they are not presented as HS 260900 product-level trade.

| Year | Route exports | Year-on-year |
| ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $21.6K | +0.0% |
| 1996 | $41.0K | +90.3% |
| 1997 | $53.0K | +29.2% |
| 1998 | $305.2K | +475.7% |
| 1999 | $485.7K | +59.2% |
| 2000 | $560.2K | +15.3% |
| 2001 | $206.6K | -63.1% |
| 2002 | $3.3M | +1515.8% |
| 2003 | $5.2M | +54.5% |
| 2004 | $18.6M | +261.1% |
| 2005 | $38.6M | +107.5% |
| 2006 | $101.2M | +161.9% |
| 2007 | $201.3M | +98.9% |
| 2008 | $156.4M | -22.3% |
| 2009 | $111.3M | -28.8% |
| 2010 | $125.8M | +13.0% |
| 2011 | $268.8M | +113.7% |
| 2012 | $368.2M | +37.0% |
| 2013 | $255.8M | -30.5% |
| 2014 | $233.5M | -8.7% |
| 2015 | $179.8M | -23.0% |
| 2016 | $134.5M | -25.2% |
| 2017 | $170.6M | +26.8% |
| 2018 | $149.9M | -12.1% |
| 2019 | $383.7M | +156.0% |
| 2020 | $244.5M | -36.3% |
| 2021 | $299.5M | +22.5% |
| 2022 | $407.5M | +36.0% |
| 2023 | $498.3M | +22.3% |
| 2024 | $449.0M | -9.9% |

## Related new-corridor signals

| Exporter to buyer | Product | Signal type | Buyer imports | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Dominican Republic to ARE | HS 710812 | New corridor | $80.0B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-are-710812) |
| Dominican Republic to China, Hong Kong SAR | HS 710812 | New corridor | $41.7B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-hkg-710812) |
| Dominican Republic to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | HS 300212 | New corridor | $8.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-usa-300212) |
| Dominican Republic to Greece | HS 271019 | New corridor | $3.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-grc-271019) |
| Dominican Republic to Philippines | HS 854232 | New corridor | $2.6B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-phl-854232) |
| Dominican Republic to KOR | HS 854430 | New corridor | $2.5B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-kor-854430) |
| Dominican Republic to Austria | HS 870332 | New corridor | $2.3B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-aut-870332) |
| Dominican Republic to Austria | HS 870380 | New corridor | $1.9B | [Review this signal](https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/signal/new-corridor/dom-aut-870380) |

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a new corridor signal mean?

It identifies an exporter, buyer market, and HS6 combination included in the available new-corridor signal set for 2024. It is a research prompt, not a guarantee of demand or sales.

### Is the market opportunity reported trade?

Reported buyer imports and exporter share are observations. Any projection or share-gap measure is calculated from the available data and should not be treated as an order or forecast.

### What should exporters check next?

Validate product fit, buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, competition, and the depth of product-level history before pursuing the route.

## Method

The signal is a calculated research indicator based on available reported trade observations. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-09-02). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.