Tariffs on Puerto Rico imports jump 289% to $920 million — a NAPREC perspective
Puerto Rico paid $919.7 million in tariffs on imported goods in 2025, up 288.7% from $236.6 million in 2024 and the highest since 2010, according to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics. Original NAPREC analysis in English and Spanish.
Construction prices up 4.2% as activity rebounds in August — a NAPREC perspective
Puerto Rico’s Coincident Construction Index rose 0.2% in August 2025 to a preliminary 122.7, up 4.9% from a year earlier, while construction prices rose 4.2%, according to economist Ángel Rivera-Montañez. Original NAPREC analysis in English and Spanish.