Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment authorized seven new entities to export and import goods under non-state management forms, bringing 49 the number of enterprises engaged in these activities.

During 2021, 573, 944 travelers arrived in Cuba, 39.8 % of what was registered in 2020, the Cuban National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI by its Spanish acronym) reported.

 The general secretary of the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC by its Spanish acronym), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, called for boosting the efficiency of the current harvest, given the late start of several of the planned sugar mills.

Alejandro Gil Fernandez, Cuban deputy prime minister, stressed in Havana that if the freely convertible currency (MLC its Spanish acronym) stores had not existed, the country's economic situation would be even more complex, as well as the sales of goods and services in Cuban pesos to the population, given the high shortage of the commercial network.

A total of 236,000 Cubans were employed over 2021, and 12,655 attended qualification courses to start training for the trades.

Cuban deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia called for actions that help eradicate inefficiencies in the current sugar production campaign.

The Cuban 2022 Portfolio of foreign investment opportunities offer 57 projects to boost and diversify agricultural, forest and ranching activity.

The Sport Bar, dedicated to sports, in the boulevard of this seaside resort city, is one of the novelties for the International Tourism Fair (FitCuba) to be held in May, and is added to a list of proposals for the main event of the sector.

Beauty, decoration and perfection distinguish the furnishings made by the furniture industry in Ciego de Avila for the tourism sector, this year for hotel facilities in the Jardines del Rey complex, in the north of Ciego de Avila.

With the approval by the Cuban Economy Ministry of 105 new micro, small and medium companies and coops, the island now counts on 1 thousand 812 such companies since their official approval began in September 2021.

 Officialized on February 3, 1962, the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba has a direct impact on tobacco production, considered the main exportable agricultural product on the island.

The Tropical Contramaestre S. A. Mixed Enterprise, the Honey and Wax Processing Plant, both in the municipality of Contramaestre, and the Oriente Pharmaceutical Laboratory, in this city, were recognized today for their contributions in 2021 in the assessment of foreign trade activities, foreign investment and international collaboration in Santiago de Cuba.

Germany’s World Voyager cruise ship is expected to make its second visit to the Cuban south-central Cienfuegos harbor, on February 7 as part of the local high tourist season.

A community-oriented business project in the preparation of dry condiments in the Majagua municipality, in this central province, has now upgraded into a mini-industry which can trade its own agricultural products, a trend valid for other similar projects on the island.