The Industrial Confidence Index (ICI) rose slightly from 57.1 in the fourth quarter of 2018 (October-December) to 57.9 in the first quarter of 2019 (January-March). This implies an increase in confidence to increase industrial production in the near future, reported the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD).

The report explains that "... For the first quarter 2019 the increase in real production was below the expectations reflected in the survey for the fourth quarter of 2018. While expectations up to December 2018 stood at 22.3, the actual production report was at 0.0.

The balance of opinion was positively at 19.4 compared to the same period last year. The production expectations for the second quarter of 2019 (April-June) is 44.4, which implies a possible growth of the same.

The percentage of companies exporting increased in the first quarter of 2019 from 65% (October-December 2018) to 70%. (January-March 2019). As seen in Chart No. 5, by segmenting the companies that exported."

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