Cuban Policies Making Coffee Exports Difficult For The Island’s Farmers.

Cuban Policies Making Coffee Exports Difficult For The Island’s Farmers. “On April 22, the U.S. State Department added coffee to a list of products entrepreneurs within the Republic of Cuba are permitted to export to the United States. According to the U.S. State Department, those who can prove that they operate a business outside of the state sector, as well as meet a variety of other requirements pertaining to the business and its product, can sell their goods to American companies. However, Cuban policies on the exportation of goods are making it difficult for Cuban coffee farmers to utilize this change in policy. ‘There is no way,’ said Karell Acosta Gonzalez, professor for the Center for Hemispheric and U.S. Studies at the University of Havana. ‘All exports must go through state-owned companies. It’s in the Constitution.’” [InCubaToday, “Cuba making it difficult for farmers to export coffee to the U.S.,”