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Here is a picture of the crowd at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. The 300 million project, Caracol Industrial Park includes a 10-megawatt power plant, road, a water-treatment plant, worker housing in neighboring communities, and development of a port in nearby Fort-Libert , Haiti

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Here is a picture of the inside of Caracol Industrial park at Inauguration. The financing group expects to provide as much as 180 million in grants to Caracol's park over the next several years.

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Here is a picture of some Haitian women working at Caracol Industrial park. Several tenants of the Industrial Park have already signed on board, including South Korean firm Sae-a and Haitian company Peintures Caribes.

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Here is a picture of an industry that was at one time the life line of Haiti. At the turn of the 19th century,Dauphin Plantation was the largest employer in Haiti, providing jobs to over two thousands people. Many people still remember today how things were in the region when the company was in existance.

The economy of Caracol was booming. Most of the job involved the pressing of Sisal Plants for the production of fiber ropes and other products.

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In the historic city of Cap-Haitian, you will find the Marche en Fer or marche Cleney. It is a place to find all your fresh products and articles for the daily family cooking. It is where sellers meet vendors who came from the country side to sell their product often before the day is over

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Here you can see a scrap dealer in Haiti making a living. Following the 2010 earthquake, Scrap Dealer as it became big business. Within the rubble is a vast amount of scrap metal and many unemployed people are hard at work in retreaving and selling them

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Haiti is not a country that focuses on export. It is considered to be among the countries with a weak export capacity. If you take the year 2008, Haiti exported for a total of $490 million worth of goods. Their primary customers include the United States (70.7%), Dominican Republic (8.9%), and Canada (3.1%). Some of the products include: apparel, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee and some manufactured goods.

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Here is an analysis of the export in Haiti, compared to other Caribbean islands. According to the figures, in 2010, Haiti exported a total of $530.4 million worth of goods. If you want to compare this with a country like Jamaica, their number is much superior. Jamaica exported for $1.376 billion for the same period. Our neighbor, the Dominican Republic exported for $6.598 billion worth of goods and services. Cuba exported $3.816 billion worth of goods and services in 2010

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Here is a picture of a market place in Haiti. The buyers and sellers in Haiti usually meet in a public place where the transaction takes place. In a typical marche in haiti, you find all kind of products for the kitchen, cooking and for the house.

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Caracol Industrial Park is not considered the first industrial park in North of Haiti or even in Caracol. Dauphin Plantation was the first, specialized in the production of Sisal and Fiber Rope

At the beginning of the 19th century, Dauphin Plantation was the largest employer in Haiti, providing jobs to over two thousands people. Most of the job involved the pressing of Sisal Plants for the production of fiber ropes and other products.

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