OFAC and BIS rule changes reverse some – but not all – liberalized polices on travel and trade with Cuba; the Cuba Restricted List lengthens. Treasury Dept.’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced that the Cuban Assets Control Regulations will be...
Road to Cuba for US Exporters: A Journey over Peaks and Valleys
by John S. Kavulich, guest columnist For US businesses, normalizing US-Cuban commercial relations presents the prospect of 11.3 million consumers residing 93 miles south of Key West, Florida. Taken together, they make up a market where awareness of and preference for...
CubaTrade16 Takeaway: Progress toward Reopening Market Uneven – Miami Herald
With just months left before the end of the Obama administration, the clock is ticking for new business and regulatory overtures toward Cuba. Reporting from the Datamyne-NEXCO October 13 conference, Preparing for Trade with Cuba, the Miami Herald’s Mimi Whitefield...
Cuba Trade Conference to Spotlight Investment, Export and Start-Up Opportunities
October 13th conference in Miami features expert advice for businesses eager to participate in re-opening market One lucky registrant will win two airline tickets to Cuba courtesy of conference sponsor Delta Air Lines MIAMI, (September 30, 2016) – This year’s...
Next Door but Off-limits: Cuban Market for US Agri Exports
By Simons Chase, guest columnist The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA) of 2000 launched a boom in exports from the US to Cuba that had previously been restricted since the early 1960s. US exports to Cuba rose from about $7 million in 2001 to a...
Datamyne and NEXCO present: Preparing for Trade with Cuba
October 9 conference in Miami to explore the US entrepreneur’s “next best commercial frontier” MIAMI – July 7, 2015 – Datamyne, a leading source of global trade data, has teamed with NEXCO, provider of international trade seminars, to organize a conference focused on...
Risky for Business: Trade Sanctions
by Peter Quinter, guest columnist It has been a year since President Obama issued Executive Order 13660, entitled “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine,” and opened an economic front in the international dispute with Russia...
America’s Top (Ag) Export
U.S. growers want to open more markets to soybeans It’s the time of year when U.S. soybean growers are asked to send in samples to provide a preview of new-crop soybean quality for international purchasers. Growers underwrite the cost of the annual quality survey with...