As an expression of the country's economic recovery and the control of the current pandemic, Cuba will host Nov. 14-18 the 38th Havana International Fair (FIVAH 2022), Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban minister of foreign trade and foreign investment, announced today.

The Japanese government's willingness to support the Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Education Program in Cuba was reiterated today by Hirata Kenji, ambassador of that Asian nation to Cuba, during a working visit to the province of Ciego de Avila(central region).

The Basic Business Units (UEB) Fiesta Guajira and Baconao, belonging to Flora y Fauna Santiago de Cuba Company, received the certificate of the Most Hygienic and Safe Tourism, with the aim of preserving the health of customers and workers.

 The Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Capital Repair Company (Empercap by its Spanish acronym) stands out for its innovative practices, in addition to the design of products and services in favor of the efficient use of natural resources throughout the production chain.

This year exports are a key aspect for the Planta Mecanica (Mechanical Plant) Fabric Aguilar Noriega, known as factory of factories, with destinations currently in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

A broad plan for the improvement of roads in the tourist route to this beach resort city is being implemented nowadays with a view to the 40th edition of the International Tourism Fair (FITCuba 2022), to be held May 3-7, 2022.

The province of Holguin implements the Agroforestry Cooperative Development Project (PRODECAFE by its Spanish acronym), aimed at increasing mainly the farming of coffee and cocoa in strategic areas of the eastern region of Cuba.

The province of Camaguey has so far completed the current cold planting campaign and is incorporating other areas under development, as part of a strategy of the Agriculture sector that seeks to recover more land and use it for food production.
Of the 15,778 hectares proposed, 16,462 have already been planted, mainly with beans, vegetables and root crops, including cassava, according to the time of the year.

Egypt’s ambassador to Cuba Maher El-Adawy favored the tightening of economic relations with the island after expressing his interest in cooperation with production entities in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila.

With the approval on Thursday of 92 new private micro, small and medium companies (MSMEs), Cuba now counts on 2 thousand 177 such enterprises, also including state-own and coops since the initiative opened in September 2021.

The universities based in Havana will take part at the First Local Development Fair to take place here March 28th through April 3rd.

The Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Ministry approved the setting up of three state-run micro, small and medium companies to do foreign trade for other non-state enterprises.

We must move towards price rationality through control at the institutional level and efficiency in production, Meisi Bolaños Weiss, minister of finance and prices, said when referring to the incidence of the fiscal deficit in the inflation affecting the country.

“We will never know how many foreign companies interested in investing in Cuba dropped their plans due the US economic blockade against the island,” said Mariluz B’Hammel, Commercial Policy director for North America with the Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Ministry.