2025 begins with new challenges for the Agroint Company in the eastern province of Las Tunas, immersed in expanding foreign trade opportunities through contracts with some 50 foreign companies and more than 40 national suppliers.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- Its management has remained stable since it was established as the first -and so far the only- exporting and importing pole of Las Tunas’ territory, especially with the marketing of charcoal to European markets and hot chili habanero peppers.
However, the entity's general director, Alberto González Hernández, explained that the past calendar did not produce the expected results for various logistical reasons, especially the lack of fuel, which prevented the transfer of a greater number of containers to the ports of shipment.
He said this year, Agroint expects to increase international sales as the range of items to be marketed abroad expands. He mentioned bricks, sea salt, glass, and some varieties of agricultural products such as loquat and Persian lemons.
He also referred to a possible agreement with a gardening company interested in natural fertilizers, which is evaluating Ecomic bio-fertilizers, charcoal, coconut substrate, mineral organs, and solid and leached earthworm humus.
González Hernández added that the province has the potential to export more items, which would result in a greater inflow of foreign currency and strengthen the national economy. He also pointed out that the entity will engage in international cooperation, i.e., imports through donations during this calendar.
Although the mission of the Integral Agricultural Company is to promote territorial development through foreign trade, it serves all economic actors in the country who are interested in establishing contractual relations. To this end, its participation in trade fairs and business rounds has been decisive.
So far, Agroint has agreements with state and private sector companies (MSMEs in Spanish), agricultural production, credit and service cooperatives, basic cooperative production units, and self-employed workers, among other economic actors.