U.S. Agricultural Commodity/Food Product Exports To Cuba Decrease 46.7% In September; Remain Up 7.4% For Year. US$1.5 Million In Used Vehicles Thus Far In 2023.

ECONOMIC EYE ON CUBA©
November 2023

September 2023 Ag/Food Exports To Cuba Decrease 46.7%- 1
51st Of 225 September 2023 U.S. Food/Ag Export Markets- 2
Year-To-Year Exports Increase 7.4%- 2
Cuba Ranked 53rd Of 225 U.S. Ag/Food Export Markets- 2
September 2023 Healthcare Product Exports US$0.00- 2
September 2023 Humanitarian Donations US$4,099,435.00- 3
Obama Administration Initiatives Exports Continue- 3
U.S. Port Export Data- 17


SEPTEMBER 2023 FOOD/AG EXPORTS TO CUBA DECREASE 46.7%- Exports of food products and agricultural commodities from the United States to the Republic of Cuba in September 2023 were US$20,317,573.00 compared to US$38,167,679.00 in September 2022 and US$20,281,503.00 in September 2021. 

September 2023 exports included: Chicken Meat (Frozen), Chicken Leg Quarters (Frozen), Chicken Legs (Frozen), Meat Of Swine (Fresh), Preserved Chicken Meat, Meat Of Swine, Processed (Frozen), Meat Of Swine (Frozen), Pig Fat (Frozen), Preserved Chicken Meat (Paste), Coffee Roasted Decaffeinated, Nursing Nipples, Umbrellas, Freezers, Chain Saws, Gas Powered Grass & Weed Trimmers, Fork Lifts (US$152,710.00), Electric Food Mixers (US$5,474.00), Used Vehicles (US$593,526.00), Bodies for Passenger Automobiles (US$78,000.00), Motorcycles (US$34,000.00), Trailers And Semi-Trailers (US$17,000.00),

January 2023 through September 2023 TSREEA exports were US$252,804,856.00 compared to January 2022 through September 2022 exports of US$235,204,923.00. Total TSREEA exports since first deliveries in December 2001 exceed:US$7,156,531,222.00.

The data contains information on exports from the United States to the Republic of Cuba- products within the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSREEA) of 2000, Cuban Democracy Act (CDA) of 1992, and regulations implemented (1992 to present) for other products by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury and Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the United States Department of Commerce.

The TSREEA re-authorized the direct commercial (on a cash basis) export of food products (including branded food products) and agricultural commodities from the United States to the Republic of Cuba, irrespective of purpose. The TSREEA does not include healthcare products, which remain authorized and regulated by the CDA.

The data represents the U.S. Dollar value of product exported from the United States to the Republic of Cuba under the TSREEA and CDA. The data does not include transportation charges, bank charges, or other costs associated with exports; the government of the Republic of Cuba reports unverifiable data that includes transportation charges, bank charges, and other costs.

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