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A Study of the Information Technology Trade between the United States and the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement Nations Maria Pina University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA Carlos Aquirre University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA Ivonne Saenz University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA Kai S. Koong University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA Lai C. Liu University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA

Abstract: This study examines the import and export of four major information technology products between the United States and nations in the Dominican Republic Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). These countries are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The products examined are computer equipment (3341), communication equipment (3342), audio and video equipment (3343), and semiconductors and other electronic components (3344). Surprisingly, the United States imports more IT products from nations in the Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Nations than it sells to them. Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic are the major importers for the products that are specified. Such trends identified are indeed troubling for the IT manufacturing sector in the United States. As a leader in the producing of leading high tech products, it is surprising that the United States is actually buying more information technology products from other nations, including nations in DR-CAFTA.

Keywords: global information technology (IT) trade, import and export of IT components, Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement, DR-CAFTA

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Recommended Citation: Pina, Aquirre, Saenz, Koong, and Liu (2009). A Study of the Information Technology Trade between the United States and the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement Nations. Journal of Information Systems Applied Research, 2 (8). http://jisar.org/2/8/. ISSN: 1946-1836. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of CONISAR 2008: §3553.)