A foreign investor is interested in entering an economic sector of the Dominican Republic, for this he selected 5 sectors and thus evaluate their behavior. This was based on data from the Central Bank of the R. D. according to the report of the Dominican economy Jan-Dec 2002 of gross domestic product (GDP) during the years 1996-2002. These sectors grew as follows:

CENTRAL BANK OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Department of National Accounts and Economic Statistics

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY SECTORS OF ORIGIN 1996-2002

Millions of RD $

SECTORS 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002 CONSTRUCTION 702.1 826.2 872.8 876.9 904.9 COMMERCE 603.9 664.2 743.3 805.7 875.8 885.0 915.1 COMMUNICATIONS 185.7 221.5 266.7 308.3 355.7 442.0 518.9 ELECTRICITY 106.0 120.7 130.5 139.5 165.1 178.0 FINANCE 228.8 236.2 245.7 256.0 264.4 271.9 279.7 GROWTH RATES (%) 97/ 96 98/97 99/98 00/99 01/00*02/01' 17.7 5.6 0.5 3.2 CONSTRUCTION 10.0 11.9 8.4 8.7 1.1 3.4 COMMERCE COMMUNICATIONS 19.3 20.4 15.6 15.4 24.2 17.4 ELECTRICITY 13.8 8.1 7.0 18.3 7.8 FINANCE 3.2 4.0 4.2 3.2 2.8 2.9