Geography

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Geography

• ? Largest Caribbean Island with about 1600
  smaller islands and cays.
• ? 114,000 square kilometers (slightly smaller
  than Pennsylvania
• ? 11 million plus population
• ? Major cities
• Havana
• Santiago de Cuba
• Santa Clara
• Holguin
• Camaguey
• Matanzas
• Cienfuegos

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Cubas Infrastructure

• Highways
• Rail
• Sea Ports
• Airports

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• China is Cubas third Trading Partner
• Bilateral trade exceeded 600 million dollars
• The First Cuba-China Investment and Trade Forum

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• The Chinese and Cuban governments signed 16
  important cooperation agreements
• Along with the accords, the Chinese government
  postponed for 10 years Cubas payment on its debt
  with China from credits issued the island between
  1990 and 1994.

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Cuba China Agreement

• The important agreements will make possible
  expanded cooperation in
• Biotechnology
• Education
• Health care
• Mining
• Telecommunications
• Tourism.

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Cuba China Investment Strategy

• Is not only aimed at boosting cooperation and
  trade flows, which in 2003 totalled 357 million
  dollars, but at attracting greater investment
  from China as well.
• Cuba's proposals for investment opportunities for
  China in this Caribbean island nation of 11.2
  million are in areas like the fishing industry,
  footwear and garments, wood and metal furniture,
  medical equipment and sugar cane by-products.

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Xu Weidong, Yutong's marketing and sales
director, in an interview with China Daily on
April 30, 2005.

• The Shanghai-listed firm on Friday began
  exporting 400 buses worth US29 million to Cuba,
  including 200 units to be made at Cuban vehicle
  maker Tranbuss' domestic plant with components
  shipped from China.
• Yutong's exports to Cuba will total 1,000 buses
  this year, Xu said.
• They will be sold in the country under the Yutong
  brand.
• "We are negotiating with Tranbuss to build a
  joint venture with an annual production capacity
  of 1,500 buses in Cuba," Xu said.
• The expected joint venture will target the whole
  Latin American market, he said.

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Cuban Imports (Billions)
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Cuban Imports non Agricultural

• Office Machines
• Parts and Accessories for Motor Vehicles
• Computers
• Chemicals
• Apparel
• Furniture
• Heavy Equipment
• Construction Materials
• Automobiles
• Engines
• Structures Parts of Structures, Iron, Steel,
  Aluminium

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Exports from Cuba (Billions)
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Cuba Exports

• Nickel
• Aggregates
• Cooper, Aluminum, and Zinc scrap
• Citrus
• Pharmaceutical
• Crustaceans
• Ethyl Alcohol
• Beer

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• China could become an important source of
  visitors for Cuba's growing tourism industry. The
  World Tourism Organisation reports that 17
  million Chinese tourists travelled abroad last
  year.

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Immediate US Exports
? Agricultural Machinery ? Heavy Equipment ?
Parts ? Communications ? Petroleum ? Autos ?
Agricultural Goods ? Construction Materials ?
Textiles ? Medical Supplies ? Electronics ?
Appliances
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Economic Impact For Alabama
? 6 Sailings ? 150,000 containers through the
port 7.5 million dollars a year ? 2 Billion
Dollars economic impact ? Distribution and
value added centers ? Triple growth for the
region ? 30 Thousand auto units ? High paying
jobs
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Cubas Potential

• 8-10 Billion a year if embargo is lifted
• In a period of five years this could represent a
  market of 40-50 Billion
• If the US captures at least a third of Cubas
  market it would become the fourth most important
  Latin American market for the US after Mexico,
  Brazil, and Venezuela.

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The Future of Cuba
? Massive reconstruction ? Encourage offshore
investment ? Highly skilled educated work
force ? Areas of Economic Development ?
Minerals nickel, cobalt, iron, copper,
chromite, manganese, zinc, tungsten ?
Agriculture 70 of the land is suitable for
agriculture ? Aquaculture ? Data processing ?
Pharmaceuticals ? Computers Programming ?
High tech Research ? Retirement ? Tourism
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PACs

• CANF
• US Cuba Democracy
• Free Cuba
• United States Cuba
• Cuba Libre

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Top Cuban American Donors

• Fanjul Family Sugar industry
• Alfredo Estrad Pan American Enterprises
• Paul Cejas Care Florida Healtrh Systems
• Domingo Moreira LADEX Corporation
• Jorge Mas Santos MasTec
• Salvador Diaz-Verson Diaz-Vers Investments
• Carlos Piortes The Portes Group
• Carlos de la Cruz- Chairman Eaglebrands
• Maria Elena Torano META
• Diego Suarez Inter-American Transport Equipment
  Co.

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The Faces of Cuba
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In The Words of John Paul II
May Cuba, with all its magnificent potential,
open itself to the world, and the world open
itself up to Cuba, so that this people, which is
working to make progress and which longs for
concord and peace, may look to the future with
hope." - Pope John Paul II