Cap-Haītien - Port of Export for RECOCARNO Coffee

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Above: View from Plaine du Nord across the plain to the Citadelle du Roi Christophe Palais de Sans-Soucis at Milot in the Massif du Nord.
Above right: View of the market place and houses built on the mountains, Cap-Haītien.

Advertisement showing the way that RECOCARNO's green coffee is exported out of Cap-Haītien, Haīti, en route to Europe or Japan via Miami. This is the only shipping company operating from Cap-Haītien.
A satellite system installed on the roof of the central office at Cap Haitian to facilitate communication via internet, telephone and fax. It is part funded by the REMA project (running costs) and Oxfam (equipment).
		Containers in the Port. Below: Land purchased by RECOCARNO for the central mill

Click here to see details of the planned central processing facility at Plaine du Nord near Cap-Haītien.

Cap-Haītien is the port for export of RECOCARNO, which has an office in the city.

Cap-Haītien is a port city and capital of Nord Department, with a population of more than 70,000. It is an important export centre for wood and hides as well as coffee. Cap-Haītien lies on Manzanillo Bay giving access to the Atlantic Ocean. Though the Spanish built the original settlement here, in the 17th century, it became the capital of the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, made Cap-Haītien his capital from 1811 to 1820 when he ruled northern Haiti. The town was almost destroyed by an earthquake in 1842.

Haiti's second largest city, Cap-Haītien's inhabitants have had to cope regularly with many other emergencies since then, many caused by heavy rains and the resulting floods and landslides.

In February 2004 an armed rebellion saw fighting in the streets of Cap-Haītien, impeding the efforts to tackle problems of water supply and disaster-preparedness that had been made more acute by the floods of December 2003. The severe flooding in April 2004 did not affect Cap-Haītien as badly as areas in the south of the country and in neighbouring Dominican Republic.