COPMAR, with its vast experience in wholesale trading, is entirely in charge of the distribution of rationed seafood products--at least 3 500 tons per month--for the general population, for priority institutions and other entities in the City of Havana--which includes a total of 2 000 consumers.

MERCOMAR, a group of various free fish stores all over the country, sells high quality seafood products aimed at meeting the demands of consumers in both the City of Havana and in the Province of Havana.

It has 22 retail stores where at least 15 different products--5.5 tons--are sold, at prices that depend on the supply-demand ratio, yielding an overall profit of 90.0 MP daily.