miércoles, 29 de abril de 2009

Cuban Products Excel at Bolivian Trade Fair

HAVANA, Cuba, April 29 (acn) Cuba and Argentina are among the Latin American nations with a prominent participation in the 26th Trade Fair of Cochabamba (FEICOBOL-2009), which began its business activities on Tuesday.

A total of 135 companies are present in the event, 46 of which are Argentinean, 27 Peruvian and 17 Cuban, Prensa Latina news agency reports.

Cuban executives explained that cosmetics, as well as veterinary medicaments and anti-pest chemicals produced at Cuba's LABIOFAM S.A.(Biological and Pharmaceutical Laboratories) and the crafts of the light industry attract the attention of the public at FEICOBOL.

With respect to the archipelago's potential, Bolivian entrepreneurs are aspiring to place their textile, shoe, leather, and raw material production on the Cuban market.

The Organizing Committee announced the Fair is expected to move, by way of commercial accords, some 125 million dollars -five more than in 2008.

Also attending the Fair, which will run until May 3rd, are firms from Colombia, China, the United States, Germany, South Korea, Japan, China Taipei, Switzerland, Italy, Ecuador, Panama, England, Scotland, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, Austria, Guatemala, Venezuela, Sweden and Israel.

Representing Bolivia are 700 companies, exhibiting their industrial, commercial, service and handicraft products.

During the opening ceremony, Bolivian president Evo Morales highlighted the diversity of products on display, among them food items and medicines, and pointed out that FEICOBOL is a fair for life, given the importance the products shown on its stands have for humans.

(Productos cubanos sobresalen en Feria de Cochabamba)

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