Speaking on the sidelines of Cuba’s annual trade fair, Mariel Coordination Director Wendy Miranda Borroto said the aim was both to attract investment and to replace imports with home-manufactured goods.”We have been growing gradually but surely,” she said, adding that 19 ventures have been approved so far for the zone in Mariel Bay, just west of the Cuban capital. Four are joint ventures, while the rest are 100 percent foreign-owned or Cuban.

The service providers are already operating. Belgian company BDC Tec will shortly become the first company to start production in the zone, building temperature sensors and electrical panels, Miranda said.Other manufacturing companies are in the early planning phase or starting constructionคำพูดจาก