Dominican Republic–Switzerland relations

Dominican Republic-Switzerland relations are the bilateral relations between The Dominican Republic and Swiss Confederation. Dominican Republic has an embassy in Bern and a consulate-general in Zurich[1][2] and Switzerland has an embassy in Santo Domingo.[3]

Dominican Republic-Switzerland relations
Map indicating locations of Dominican Republic and Switzerland

Dominican Republic
Switzerland

History

In 1936, Switzerland formally recognized the Dominican Republic and opened a consulate in Santo Domingo. During World War 2, Switzerland represented the DR's interests to several countries in Europe. In 1957, the consulate upgraded to a Consulate General and in 2007, the Consulate General was uploaded to an Embassy. The Swiss Embassy is also responsible for consular affairs with Haiti, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda.[4]

Tourism

Switzerland sends large numbers of tourists to Dominican Republic every year. There are direct flights between both nations with Edelweiss Air.

Trade

Switzerland is the DR's second largest export partner.[5] The DR exported $US 771 million worth of goods to Switzerland in 2019. Gold accounted for 96% of all exports to Switzerland. Switzerland, in the same year, exported $US 39.8 Million to the DR, with the most common exports being Computers and Metal Watches.[6]

Immigration

2,077 Swiss citizens live in the DR, making it the largest community of Swiss in the Caribbean. As of 2017, there were 11,454 Dominican citizens living in Switzerland.[7]

See also

Notes and references
  1. Représentations en Suisse
  2. "Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Switzerland". Embassypages.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. "Embassy of Switzerland in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic". embassypages.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. "Bilateral relations". eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "Dominican Republic". oec.world. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. "What does Dominican Republic import from Switzerland? (2019)". oec.world. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. "República Dominicana - Emigrantes totales 2017". Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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