Cuba-Guatemala to
Increase Trade
The trade between Cuba
and Guatemala could
double in the next five
years, from 25 million
to 50 million dollars a
year, Minister Consul
Jorge Pollo Garcia, of
the Cuban Embassy in
Guatemala, said on
Tuesday.
Pollo Garcia explained
that the Cuban economy
is growing sustainably,
allowing the country to
increase import
operations, while
Guatemala has become the
greatest Central
American supplier for
Cuba.
"We are nearing 10 years
of uninterrupted
relations, in which we
moved 300 million
dollars in trade,"
newspaper Siglo 21
quoted the embassy
representative.
Both countries signed 29
agreements, among them
promotion and protection
of investments, maritime
transport, air transport
and postal exchange; and
has removed tariffs from
842 products.
Cuba imports food,
textile products,
clothes, shoes, cleaning
and hygiene products,
and Guatemala imports
steel cables, rum,
tobacco and other
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