Business in Cuba, Havana

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Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Cuba - Havana. Cuban Economy (Course, Master)

Introduction to the Republic of Cuba
Business in Havana
Cuban Economy
Cuban Foreign Trade
Business Opportunities in Cuba
Access to the Cuban market
Business Plan for Cuba

Preferential access and Free Trade Agreements of Cuba

Cuba and the Caribbean Economic Area
Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
1. Energy supply agreement with Venezuela (PetroCaribbean)
Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
Partial scope agreement with Chile
Partial scope agreement with Guatemala
Trade Agreement with Panama
Economic Complementation Agreement with Peru
Trade Agreement with Qatar
Agreement with the MERCOSUR

The objectives of the Subject «Doing Business in Cuba» are the following:

To analyse the Cuban economy and Foreign Trade
To explore the Business Opportunities in Cuba
To analyse 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

The Subject «Foreign Trade and Business in Cuba» belongs to the following Online Higher Education Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Course: Business in The Caribbean
Masters: Business in America, International Business, Foreign Trade
Doctorates: American Business, World Trade

Online Continuing education (Courses, Certificates, Diplomas

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Credits of the Subject «Doing Business in Cuba»: 1

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Description of the Subject - Business in 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 inhabitants
1. Cuban Population density: 102 inhabitants / square kilometres
2. 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
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:
1. Spanish-American war
2. 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 Civilisation

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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.
1. 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 sector
1. 3.5 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

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)
1. 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

Latin American Integration Association (Master)

Global Economic Organisations and Conventions of Cuba

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) was created in Havana in 1945.

Cuba is not a member of:

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank (WB)

Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (Master)

Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA, Master)