CAMAGUEY.- In view of the tightening of the US blockade imposed against Cuba and the incidence of COVID-19 in the country, this province reported unplanned exports in 2020 with the purpose of boosting and increasing foreign exchange income to the national economy.

Some services of the University of Camaguey Ignacio Agramonte and the Cuba Control Company for a value of 57, 000 dollars (USD) and 23,600 USD, respectively, were included among the contributions.

Similarly, the PESCACAM Company earned 293,500 USD for the sale of 120 kilograms of Angula, and the Raw Materials Recovery Company sold 11.6 tons of non-ferrous metals for 12,500 USD.

Juan Ricardo Poll Gean, director of the foreign trade, foreign investment and international cooperation department in the province, explained to the Cuban News Agency that the provincial export map currently has 13 products being fostered.

These, he said, have an action schedule that is systematically assessed, and in 2020 three of them were marketed in the international market.

Regarding the assessment of the potential of non-state management to facilitate the export of their goods and services through selected state-owned socialist enterprises, this sector continues training in cooperation with the University of Camaguey, the Chamber of Commerce, and specialists from the Popular Savings Bank (BPA) and the Credit Bank (Bandec).

As a result of this work, 141 productive entities from the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) made contracts and opened the respective bank accounts, while 15 self-employed workers from the Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales are in different stages of the application process.