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July 12, 2002
U.S. Apples To Arrive in Cuba this Week
Ending a 40-year absence, 20 tons of U.S. (Washington state) Red Delicious apples, valued at approximately $15,000, are expected to arrive in Cuba during the week of July 8. According to trade sources, another 280 tons of apples, valued approximately at $200,000, are scheduled to be ship to Cuba during the period July-September 2002. The inaugural shipment follows on the heels of the recent agreement reached between APHIS and Cuba's Centro Nacional Sanidad Vegetal (CNSV) that established the phytosanitary requirements for the exportation of apples from Washington and New York. Originally, Cuba’s government-operated Empresa Cubana Importadora Alimentos (Alimport) was expected to contract for 1,000 tons of U.S. apples, but high prices reportedly prevented this from occurring.
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