Cuba Signs Contracts With U.S. Companies at Havana Trade Fair
Empresa Cubana Importadora Alimentos (Alimport), the Government of Cuba's food importer, announced that it has signed contracts with nine U.S. companies for $25 million in sales of agricultural and food products. The sales were made during this Cuba's annual international trade fair which opened this past weekend in Havana. Fair organizers said 153 U.S. businesspersons, representing more than 50 companies from 19 states, were attending the fair.
U.S. law permits the licensed sales of agriculture, food, medicine and medical devices to Cuba.