The Economic Indicator of Economic Activity (ICAE) of the agricultural sector of the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017 (January-March 2017) suffered a decline of -4.3%, less pronounced than the previous quarter (-6.5%).

The agricultural sector continues to suffer from the effects of Hurricane Matthew on the productive capacity of affected areas.

Year-to-year, the cumulative annual change in the first two quarters of the agricultural sector indicator (October to March 2017) stands at -5.1%.

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