2025 Report: US$490 Million Is 3rd Highest To Cuba Since 2001; US$173.6 Million (See List) In PYME/Cuban Citizen Exports Including Vehicles- US$148.3 Million. Donations Up 116.7% To US$147 Million
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March 2025
December 2025 Ag/Food Exports To Cuba Increase 10.8% -
Year-To-Year Increase 13.0%
46th Of 222 December 2025 U.S. Food/Ag Export Markets- 2
For 2025 Cuba Ranked 49th Of 222 U.S. Ag/Food Export Markets – 2
2025 Was Third-Highest Export Value Since First Exports In 2001
Re-Emerging Private Sector Exports Continue To Increase - 3
December 2025 CDA Healthcare Product Exports US$98,824.00 - 6
December 2025 Humanitarian Donations US$16,034,654.00 – 7
2025 Humanitarian Donations- US$147,027,544.00- 7
U.S. Port Export Data- 20
DECEMBER 2025 AG/FOOD EXPORTS TO CUBA INCREASE 10.8%- Exports of food products and agricultural commodities from the United States to the Republic of Cuba in December 2025 were US$46,221,085.00 compared to US$41,700,049.00 in December 2024 and US$45,229,570.00 in December 2023.
US$490,111,943.00 for 2025 compared to US$433,662,216.00 in 2024 representing an 13.0% increase year-to-year. The year 2025 represents the third-highest US Dollar value in exports since the first TSREEA exports in December 2001.
Since 2022, when the first BIS license was issued for the export of vehicles to Republic of Cuba nationals and to private companies in the Republic of Cuba, the cumulative export value of the initiatives in place during the Obama-Biden Administration, Trump-Pence Administration, Biden-Harris Administration, and Trump-Vance Administration exceeds US$394 million of which electric and gasoline-powered new and used vehicles, bicycles, trucks, motorcycles and mopeds, and parts, exceeds US$227 million (Year 2025: US$149,413,031.00; Year 2024: US$67,241,234.00; Year 2023: US$10,546,419.00; Year 2022: US$89,848.00), and purchases (equipment and products) for use by the re-emerging private sector in the Republic of Cuba driving the growth.
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, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the United States Department of Commerce, and United States Department of State.
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, CDA, and other regulations, specifically including products exported from the United States to the re-emerging private sector in the Republic of Cuba.
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.
LINK TO COMPLETE REPORT IN PDF FORMAT
LINK TO COMPLETE LIST OF PRODUCTS IN 2025 EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA
LINK TO COMPLETE LIST OF PRODUCTS IN 2024 EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA
LINK TO COMPLETE LIST OF PRODUCTS IN 2023 EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA
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