The Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic has published its report on the evolution of the agricultural loan portfolio, showing that credit to the sector reached DOP 132.415 billion at the end of 2025, up 4.1 percent from a year earlier, or about DOP 5.22 billion. Agricultural lending represented 10 percent of total commercial credit, with financing mainly directed to agricultural and livestock production and with credit lines also playing an important role in the agroindustrial segment. The largest outstanding balances were in rice at DOP 14.0297 billion, cacao at DOP 12.9787 billion and coffee at DOP 4.2423 billion, together accounting for about 23.6 percent of the agricultural portfolio. Regionally, the North or Cibao accounted for 47.9 percent of agricultural credit, followed by the Metropolitan Region at 32.8 percent, the South at 12.4 percent and the East at 6.8 percent. Weighted average interest rates were 11 percent for local-currency loans and 6.7 percent for foreign-currency loans, both below the rest of the commercial portfolio, while the delinquency ratio for the agricultural portfolio in multiple banks stood at 0.8 percent in December 2025, below the 0.9 percent recorded for the rest of those banks' commercial lending.
Superintencencia de Bancos de la Republica Dominicana2026-06-01
Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic reports 4.1 percent growth in agricultural lending to DOP 132.4 billion at end 2025
The Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic published a report showing that agricultural lending rose 4.1 percent to DOP 132.415 billion at the end of 2025, representing 10 percent of total commercial credit. Financing was concentrated in agricultural and livestock production, with rice, cacao and coffee making up 23.6 percent of the portfolio. Interest rates remained below the wider commercial portfolio and the delinquency ratio in multiple banks was 0.8 percent.