P.R. exporting more products to Latin America and Caribbean. (Puerto Rico)

P.R. exporting more products to Latin America and Caribbean

Puerto Rico's exports to Latin America and the Caribbean still lag behind Europe.

In 1990, for example, Puerto Rico exported $725 million worth of goods to countries in this hemisphere compared with a whopping $1 billion plus to the old continent.

Puerto Rico Commerce Department figures show that our leading export market is our next door neighbor, the Dominican Republic, which accounted for $388 million out of the $725 million pie.

Island companies also exported to Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados and, farther off, to Colombia and Brazil.

Island executives often complain …