Cuba and Madrid Chambers of Commerce Meet in Havana
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- Business and Economy
- 05 / 17 / 2010
Head of Cuban Chamber of Commerce Pedro Alvarez Borrego praised the progress made in the commercial exchange between Cuba and Spain,especially with Madrid.
Spain is the third largest business partner (preceded by China and Venezuela in that order) while Cuba is important for the Spanish economy, said Alvarez in the meeting held at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
Alvarez said that Spain is the second destination for Cuban cigars,shrimps, coffee, and honey among other products.
President of Madrid’s Official Chamber of Commerce and Industry Salvador Santos Campano reported that his city’s trade with Cuba stood for 20 percent of all Spanish exports to Cuba (some 450 million euros).
It is a figure larger than everything Spain exported to any other country or all the Central America and the Caribbean region, said Santos Campano.
On the Cuban part were present Head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade Europe Department Pedro Pablo San Jorge and the Chamber of Commerce general secretary Omar Fernández.
On the Spanish part was Ambassador to Cuba Manuel Cacho Quesada.
Representatives of 14 Spanish companies will exchange criteria and set working guidelines with their Cuban counterparts from Monday through Wednesday.
The Spanish delegation comprises entrepreneurs from the energy,construction, electronics, medicine and agricultural equipment
spheres, among others.
Source: Yahoo group.com
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