Havana, March 25 (RHC) A 32-company Brazilian entrepreneurial mission will visit Cuba during the next few days to explore business and investment opportunities in the Special Development Zone in the western harbor of Mariel.

According to Cuban television, the representative in Cuba of Brazil’s Investment and Export Promotion Agency, APEX-BRASIL, Hipolito Rocha, the group of companies are in the food sector, construction, medications, machinery and equipment, and in petroleum exploration.

Rocha said that trade exchange between Cuba and Brazil has increased by 9.2 percent over the past 5 years, with Brazil now being among Cuba’s major commercial partners.

The commercial initiative, organized by Apex-Brasil, will also include participation by officials from the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, the Mariel Special Development Zone and the Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Ministry.