Portfolio of Opportunities for Foreign Investment 2015

The industrial sector includes the production of
bottles and packaging, recycling raw materials,
manufacturing electronic equipment and electrical
appliances, chemical products and its byproducts,
medical equipment, textiles, clothing
and accessories, hygiene products, perfumes and
cosmetics; all of these will be helped by foreign
investment in the aim of generating production
linkage, allowing imports to be replaced and exports
to be increased.
Therefore, priorities are set for modernizing the
metals industry, industries producing steel byproducts,
electrical appliances, manufacturing
aluminum and glass containers for beverages
and medicines, increasing capacities for the de-
Cubaindustria
The international industrial convention and
exhibition is held twice a year; the first edition was
held in 2014 proving to be an excellent place for
scientific, academic and professional exchanges
among Cuban and foreign specialists in the sector.
CUBAINDUSTRIA provides an ideal opportunity
to learn about products, equipment, machinery,
new technologies, parts and components and to
draw up trade agreements, strategic alliances,
development covenants, associations and contracts
for new supply alternatives.
WORKERS
33%
16%
51%
sign and manufacture of metal structures, comprehensive
handling of solid waste and other recyclable
materials as well as various products that
constitute consumption goods for the population
and for export.
The Ministry of Industries has a total of 114 companies,
production centers and services spread
throughout Cuba employing 86,045 workers. Of
this total, 26,790 are qualified, 33% of the qualified
workforce is higher level, 51 % are middle
technicians and qualified workers make up 16%.
In the higher level 18% are mechanical engineers;
the general technical specialties are covered
equally by mechanical engineers, industrial
engineers, chemical engineers and others.
69
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Higher
level
Middle
technicians
Qualified
workers
SECTORIAL POLICY:
To promote projects to modernize and create
new capacities in the aim of covering national
demand, replace importations and generate
exportations. It includes the branches of Mechanical-Metal,
Light, Chemical and Electronics
Industry.
X CONTACT
Investment and Cooperation Direction
in the Ministry of Industries.
E-mail: elgin@industrias.cu
Tel. (53) 7263-3215