Scott Gilbert

Cuba signs first exports to US in half a century

Published by Hurriyet on Fri, 01/06/2017 - 10:23

Two firms signed a deal on Jan. 5 for the first commercial exports in half a century from Cuba to the United States, a new step in the countries' historic rapprochement.

Cuban company CubaExport signed an agreement to sell charcoal to U.S. firm Coabana Trading for $420 a ton, the communist island's state newspaper Granma said.