 Business in Cuba, Havana
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
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)
- 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 (Import, Export, FDI)
- 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
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in Cuba:

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
- Cuban 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
- 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 Civilisation

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 sector
- 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)
- 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

Global Economic Organisations and Conventions of Cuba
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
- European Union-CELAC Summit
- Organisation of American States (OAS)
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
- Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- United Nations...
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)



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