Nearly 150 novel contributions are included in the book Resultados de los institutos cubanos de investigación, desarrollo e innovación en las tecnologías sobre azúcar y derivados (Results of Cuban research, development and innovation institutes in sugar production technology), according to specialists of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC).

 The export of charcoal is emerging as a vital challenge for the Cuban economy because it is a product in high demand in international trade, says Opciones, Cuba's Economic and Financial Weekly.

The investment being carried out nowadays in the Eladio de Marcos Hernandez rum factory, located in this city, is based on the excellence of Cuban rum products and will allow international tourists to taste them as well as learn about their traditional production.

Bolivia and Cuba agreed to reinstate bilateral economic and trade relations which were cut in November 2019 after the coup that took Jeanine Añez to power in that South American nation.

The task of monetary reorganization launched in Cuba on January 1st this year reaches all social sectors and gives rise to diverse opinions, many of them related to the revision of approved procedures or regulations.

Exports will be the mainstay of the economy of the Guantánamo municipality this year, José Otero Castán, local director of economy and planning, told ACN today.

In compliance with the monitoring of policies for food production and industrial processing, the Agri-Food Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power has been checking since the beginning of this year the implementation of the 24 measures aimed at the agricultural sector in the Economic-Social Strategy and, in particular, of the Ordering Task in the Ministry of Agriculture.

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 11 (ACN) A total of 33 million pesos will be incorporated to the subsidy assumed by the State budget for medicines for the population, in this case for the payment of 37 drugs categorized as complementary.

Havana, feb 10 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Wednesday that the ongoing monetary and financial reforms plus the expansion of the private sector will help improve the island´s economy, currently depressed due to the impact of the US blockade and the COVID 19 pandemic.

Veterinary attention to pets, as part of self-employment, is allowed in Cuba, announced Alejandro Gil Fernandez, deputy prime minister and head of Economy and Planning, referring to an issue that has been of news relevance in recent days since the announcement of new measures for the improvement of self-employment in the country.

 With the purpose of speeding up bureaucratic procedures and processes, the Council of Ministers recently approved a the one-stop shop, a new tool for self-employed workers to carry out all their legal procedures.

The president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce Antonio Carricarte held an online meeting Tuesday with his Venezuelan counterpart Pilar Gonzalez to draw up working guidelines aimed at fostering bilateral links.

Cuban Economy minister Alejandro Gil said on Tuesday that self-employment can now operate in over 2 thousand activities, an action expanding the 127 activities previously allowed for the non-state economic initiative.

Despite the existence of COVID-19, which hinders greater trade, the Ceballos Agroindustrial Enterprise, in Ciego de Avila, assured in 2020 productions that replaced imports for an amount of about 753,000 US dollars.