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Expands sales to the foreign exchange market Agroforestal de Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Jul 24 (ACN) The Agroforestry Company Gran Piedra Baconao in Santiago de Cuba (Forsan) expands the offer of its products in virtual stores and others of the CIMEX chain, in response to the need to earn exportable lines and contribute foreign currency to the country's economy.
Eloy Castro,
Development, Business and Investments specialist in the entity, said today in
this city that they are ready to cover the demand for charcoal from the marabou
(Dichrostachys cinerea), very well accepted in countries like Israel and others
in Asia. and Europe, for the quality of deliveries and profit.
Projects approved with
the firm Compacto Caribe show cardboard boxes with a volume of 10 kilograms at
the price of 4.35 CUC (Cuban convertible pesos) to cover requests from the
self-employed sector (non-state), the so-called paladares and others in the
western zone of Cuba, and expand to other regions, depending on the decision to
use the fuel.
Castro reported that
they market under the BRASARDE brand and henceforth for exports they will also
be the cases, since the pieces are not palpable during handling, they remain in
the format that came out of the oven and other characteristics are protected
that allow a completely blue flame and vivacious, without smoke or sparks.
This program responds
to the experience of Forsan that creates and markets the fuel since its
foundation, first mixed with other woods, and now it is pure Marabou.
Nine basic Cooperative Production units in the capital are hired in the production and processing of coal, with advice, presence and sales from Forsan, thereby reducing costs, saving on transportation and strengthening relations between companies of the National Group. Agroforestry, which just turned 20 years old.
The specialist pointed out that they also manufacture the product in the province of Camagüey, from where they will send 200 tons abroad at the end of August this year, even though the process was halted by the COVID-19 quarantine.
A coal beneficiary plant for the eastern zone will begin to run next September, thereby increasing the conditions of the workers dedicated to this work and increasing the response to foreign demands.
Another exportable item that has perfected its quality and will be located in the markets in freely convertible currency is that of comfortable and comfortable furniture woven with the guaniquiqui fiber (Trichostigma octandrum) by expert women from the eastern highlands, whose raw material is chosen for that purpose. .
Castro added that in the coming months they fulfill this commitment, while the versed interact to ensure that this furniture, highly requested at fairs and exhibitions in national currency, meets the requirements of measures, quality of the raw material, presentation, durability and others required for import substitution.
