Hu Cheng-Hao, Taiwan’s ambassador stationed in Haiti, recently conducted an official on-site visit to the Codevi Industrial Park located in Ouanaminthe, a key border region between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Hosted personally by Fernando Capellán, president of the M-Codevi Group, the tour was structured to showcase the park’s unique cross-border operational framework, which acts as a critical connecting node that integrates production workflows and export logistics spanning the two Caribbean nations. During the walkthrough, Capellán emphasized the facility’s distinct competitive edge for global manufacturing partners: streamlined cross-border logistics networks, a cost-competitive skilled local workforce, and a geographically strategic position that cuts shipping distances to the U.S. market significantly. He noted that these combined advantages allow for far shorter delivery lead times and lower overall operational expenditures compared to sourcing production from Asian manufacturing hubs. Ambassador Hu did not limit his visit to high-level briefings, either: he toured the park’s full range of active production lines, reviewed its purpose-built infrastructure, and received detailed updates on its multi-faceted community support and environmental stewardship programs. These resident-focused initiatives cover free vocational technical training for workers, on-site primary healthcare clinics, subsidized staff meal services, dedicated childcare facilities for working parents, and member-governed employee savings cooperatives to support household financial stability. First established by Grupo M back in 2003, Codevi has grown steadily over the past two decades to become one of the most prominent industrial and manufacturing hubs in the entire Caribbean region, with a current full-time workforce of roughly 18,500 local residents. All enterprises operating within the park qualify for preferential duty-free access to the U.S. consumer market, a major regulatory incentive that has drawn steady foreign investment. Beyond core manufacturing operations, the park runs its own on-site power generation systems to supply electricity for both its internal production needs and adjacent local communities that face frequent public utility shortages, and it administers targeted large-scale reforestation projects to mitigate local deforestation risks. Capellán framed Codevi as a rigorously tested, sustainable binational development model that aligns global commercial market opportunities with tangible local job growth and long-term socioeconomic progress for marginalized communities along the shared Haiti-Dominican Republic border. The high-profile diplomatic visit also underscored Taiwan’s unrivaled standing in the global textile value chain: data released by the Taiwan Textile Federation confirms that Taiwan accounts for approximately 70% of the world’s total output of high-performance, functional fabrics, backed by a fully integrated end-to-end supply chain and a robust ecosystem of specialized institutions dedicated to product innovation, advanced research, creative design, and low-carbon sustainable manufacturing. For ongoing updates on cross-border industrial and diplomatic developments across the Dominican Republic and surrounding Caribbean markets, readers may follow DominicanScope.
Taiwan Ambassador to Haiti visits CODEVI Industrial Park on Dominican Republic border
