Trade and Business in Cuba, Havana
Contact & Social Networks
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Cuba - Havana.
Cuban Economy
Introduction to the Republic of Cuba
Business in Havana
Cuban Economy
Cuban Foreign Trade (Import, Export)
Business Opportunities in Cuba
Access to the Cuban market
Business Plan for Cuba
Objectives
The objectives of the subject «Doing Business in Cuba» are the following:
To analyze the Cuban economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
To explore the Business Opportunities in Cuba
To analyze the trade relations of Cuba with the country of the student
To know the Trade Agreements of Cuba
To develop a business plan for the Cuban market
Sample:
Related Education
Foreign Trade and Business in Cuba
Preferential Access
Trade Facilitation
Organizations
Sample:
Cuba
Republic de Cuba .
Cuban Capital: Havana
Cuban Provinces: Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Havana, Mayabeque, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, and the Isle of Youth Special Municipality
Largest cities: Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo, Santa Clara, Las Tunas, Bayamo, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos, Pinar del Río, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila and Sancti Spíritus.
Cienfuegos is a World Heritage Site
Cuba does not share land borders with any country (except the Guantánamo
territory of the United States)
Nearest countries to Cuba by sea: Bahamas ,
United States (Florida ), Mexico , Cayman Islands, Haiti , Jamaica and the Dominican Republic
Area of Cuba: 442 square kilometres
Population of Cuba: 11,200 de inhabitantsCuban Population density: 102 inhabitants / square kilometres
10% of the population has an African origin (African Diaspora ), the rest are white and mulattoes
Cuba has one of the highest rates of literacy, health coverage and life
expectancy in all of Latin America (Iberian America)
Cuba has a high human development index: 0.8
Cuba has the third largest number of doctors per capita worldwide
Official language of Cuba: Spanish
Abolition of Slavery in Cuba: 1886
Climate of Cuba: tropical
1492: discovery by the Spanish (Isla Juana)
1869: Spanish province
1898:
Spanish-American war
Independence from Spain (with Puerto Rico and Philippines )
1902: United States Protectorate
1952: Fulgencio Batista dictatorship
1959: Cuban revolution (Fidel Castro, Communist Party of Cuba)
Government Type: Socialist State with single party
Main religion in Cuba:
Christianity (Catholicism ) :
49 % of the Cuban population
Cuba belongs to the Caribbean Economic Area of the Western Civilization
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Economy
Cuban Economy .
Cuba has a planned economy based on the Stalinist-Marxist (communist) model
Almost all the Cuban productive means are administered by the Cuban
Government
It is estimated that 75% of the workforce works for the Government
There are an estimated 500,000 workers in the private sector
Cuban GDP (PPP): 96,851 million dollars
Cuban GDP per capita (PPP): 12,357 dollars
Economic blockade by the United States (since 1959)
Mariel Special Development Zone for attracting external investments
oriented to export
Cuba has important mineral resources, mainly nickel, copper and cobalt .Cuba has 34.4% of the world's nickel reserves
The main Cuban economic activity is the sugar industry
The tropical fruit sector (pineapple, guava, mamey, papaya) is
important
Significant production of coffee and manufactured tobacco (Cuban cigars)
Important tourist sector3.5 million tourists visit Cuba every year
Main industries: petroleum, nickel, cobalt, pharmaceuticals, tobacco,
construction, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, sugar
Cuban currency: Cuban peso (CUP) and Cuban convertible peso (CUC)
Country code top-level domain of Cuba: .cu
Foreign Trade
Cuban Foreign Trade
Main exports of Cuba: oil, nickel, medical products, sugar,
tobacco, fish, citrus, coffee
Main export markets of Cuba: Venezuela, Spain, Russia , Lebanon, Indonesia and Germany
Main imports of Cuba: oil, food, machinery, chemicals
Largest providers of Cuba: China, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Italy and the United States
International Transport and Logistics in Cuba:
52.202 Kilometres of roads (17.212 km paved)654 km of highways
8.193 Kilometres of railway lines
International Airports: Havana, Varadero, Holguín and Santiago de Cuba.
Largest
ports : Mariel, Moa, Cienfuegos, Havana and Matanza
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