An independent editorial resource on the Dominican Republic's sugar industry — see our methodology & sourcing.
— WHY IT STILL MATTERS
A smaller industry, but still a major employer
Sugar is no longer the export engine it was in the mid-twentieth century — tourism and remittances now dwarf it in the national accounts — but the industry remains one of the largest sources of formal rural employment in the southeast, anchoring entire towns and provinces around a handful of large, long-running companies.
Sugar remains a defining feature of the southeastern Dominican Republic's economy and landscape.
— GO DEEPER
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