Trade between Cuba and China from January to September 2015 amounted one thousand 596 million dollars, a figure that ratifies the Asian nation as the island's second most important partner worldwide.

Cuba and Panama expressed on Wednesday in this capital their purpose of expanding and strengthening bilateral exchanges, in a business forum held in connection with the visit to the island of representatives of over twenty Panamanian companies.

The continued holding of Havana’s International Trade Fair (FIHAV) for more than three decades, with an increase every year in the presence of foreign exhibitors, represents a significant pressure on the U.S. Government so it ends the blockade.

Cuba´s Cupet Oil Company stressed the importance of attracting foreign investment to increase drilling projects and with it achieve larger oil production.

The governments of Russia and Cuba signed on Thursday six bilateral agreements of cooperation in energy, finance, metallurgy and pharmaceuticals, Prensa Latina reported.
The agreements are designed to show the willingness of the two countries to strengthen their ties in all fields.

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 22 (acn) Cuba and South Africa explored on Thursday in this capital business opportunities that will strengthen their trade relations, while opening a business forum between the two countries.

Cuban experts, gathered at a National Scientific Forum on Poultry in Havana, considered the challenges facing the economic sector to recover the efficiency and large production it reported in the two last decades of the 20th century.

Some 502 thousand 400 Cubans have thus far joined self employment with 31 percent of the figure being young people and 30 percent women.

The French Bank Credit Agricole agreed on Tuesday to Pay US authorities over one billion dollars to settle a dispute for its alleged violations of US sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran.

The Russian government will grant a 1.2 billion Euro credit line to build energy-generation blocks in two power plants.

Cuban Foreign Minister (FM) Bruno Rodriguez met at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry with Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States, who is on a working visit to Cuba.

A group of business people from the US State of Ohio are in Cuba looking for opportunities to foster bilateral trade in the event that the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is lifted.

Ohio State entrepreneurs explore in this capital the business opportunities that exist in Cuba to encourage bilateral trade, especially for a possible future scenario of no blockade against the island.

Research aimed at obtaining new varieties of tobacco are hindered by the restrictions imposed by the US towards Cuba for over half a century.