EXPORTING U.S. FOOD TO CUBA
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Vito Echevarria is
a veteran journalist who specializes in U.S.
and international trade with Cuba . He has traveled to Havana frequently since the late 1990s (securing Treasury Dept. clearance to
conduct journalism there). Echevarria
has been writing for the Washington, D.C.-based publication CubaNews since that time, along with a
variety of other publications – from CNBC
European Business magazine (London ), to Trader Monthly and DealMaker magazines (New York ), Global Trade magazine (Los
Angeles ), and América
EconomÃa (Santiago , Chile
Many of Echevarria’s features have covered Cuba ’s transition from a Latin
outpost of Soviet expansionism to state-controlled capitalism (nicknaming the
island “Cuba Inc.”). As a result,
there’s now an emerging foreign investment scene in Cuba – ranging from oil drilling
ventures to luxury golf resorts and real estate projects. This was able to happen because, since the
mid-1990s, the Cuban government (under Fidel Castro), which stopped receiving
aid from the Soviet Union after the collapse
of Communism, was compelled to pass a new law that allowed foreign investment
in that island. Since then, various
Canadian and Western European companies (in particular) have launched ventures
there (especially in tourism, but other areas too, from nickel mining, to
cigars, etc.)
Regarding U.S. trade
relations with Cuba , some of
the game-changing stories that Echevarria has covered involved amendments in
the U.S. trade embargo
against Cuba . During President Bill Clinton's last year in
office (2000), he passed the Trade
Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA), which legalized the
sale and export of U.S. food
& agricultural products into Cuba , on humanitarian grounds. Since then, Cuba ’s
purchases of U.S.
food & agricultural products skyrocketed from just US$4 million in 2001 to
as much as US$710 million in 2008 – with multi-million-dollar sales still being
made into 2014.
With U.S. agribusiness giants (such as Archers Daniel Midland, Tyson
Foods, and Louis Dreyfus), as well as farm-belt governors such as Nebraska’s
Dave Heineman and Georgia’s Sonny Perdue encouraging American food exports to
Cuba, a range of products --from Nebraska wheat, to dried beans, frozen chicken,
soybeans, and apples, along with packaged supermarket-ready food items – have
found their way into Havana’s supermarkets and thriving tourist resorts.
My Services Include:
Consulting Service
– expediting U.S. food &
agricultural exports to Cuba ,
which includes:
● assisting clients with obtaining U.S.
Treasury Dept. clearance to conduct licensed travel to Cuba (to attend meetings with
prospective buyers and participate in trade shows)
● advising clients on paperwork needed to
expedite U.S. exports to Cuba
Business
Development – assisting U.S.
food manufacturers and brands create new market opportunities in Cuba .
Inquiries should be
forwarded to:
Vito Echevarria
Vito Echevarria
vito.echevarria@outlook.com
Cell: 646/321-0733 Below are links to Vito TV appearance.
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