Chilean food and beverage products to try enter Cuban market

To strengthen trade with Cuba, Chile will promote this week a wide portfolio of food and beverage, of proven quality, that could help to diversify the supply of such products on the island, a tourist market in full expansion.

The event Sabores de Chile will take place next Thursday at the Melia Cohiba hotel, in this city, to take advantage of the visit to Cuba of an important business and government delegation from the South American country, led by its Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz.

The appointment is a support tool to help ProChile, agency in charge of promoting foodstuffs of this nation in various markets worldwide.

A statement from ProChile says that the purpose of the meeting is to show Cuban buyers, authorities and press the variety and attributes of high quality food offered by the agency, which can complement Cuba's rich culinary tradition.

It is expected the event to be attended by some 200 guests, who will taste dishes based on products such as salmon, beef, lamb, seafood, fruit, vegetables, dairy and olive oil, among many others, which will be accompanied by wines and pisco, beverages representative of that land.

In addition, the Chilean Chef Cristián Correa, specializing in culinary from his country, will try to seduce the participants with his preparations for the appointment.

The food, particularly frozen, ranks first among exports from Chile to Cuba, and have tariff preferences under the Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE No. 42) reinvigorated by both countries in 2012.

The program of visit to Cuba includes business rounds between Chilean and local entrepreneurs, as well as a meeting aimed at enhancing the opportunities offered by ACE to promote trade.