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Pig meat and pork product exports from the United States to Cuba reached a total of $45.4 million in fiscal year 2025 (October-September), the highest level recorded "since at least fiscal year 1970."
According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA/FAS) based on trade statistics from the Census Bureau, in fiscal year 2025, exports of pork and related products to the Island doubled.
In fiscal year 2024 (FY), it amounted to 21.7 million dollars.
In addition to the increase in pork in 2025, the report shows that the total value of agricultural and related exports from the U.S. to Cuba was $476.1 million in FY2025, compared to $398.9 million in FY2024.
Within the consumer goods sector (“Consumer Oriented”), the document indicates that the main component was poultry and poultry products (excluding eggs), with $307.5 million in FY2025 and $292.0 million in FY2024.
Other categories include dairy products (31.1 million in FY2025; 19.6 million in FY2024) and non-alcoholic beverages (17.2 million in FY2025; 14.5 million in FY2024), in both cases the highest values since 1970.
The fruits, vegetables, and processed vegetables also showed record exports from the U.S. to Cuba. In these cases, shipments to the island also doubled.
Regarding grains, the import of rice from the U.S. rose by 437%, increasing from 2 million dollars in FY2024 to 10 million in FY2025.
Regarding sea products, imports also reached their highest point since 1970, showing a growth of 67% this 2025 (1.2 million dollars).
Exports are increasing
By June 2025, U.S. exports of food and agricultural products to Cuba had reached a value of 38.4 million dollars, representing a 10% increase compared to the 34.9 million recorded in the same month of 2024 and also surpassing the figure of 37 million from June 2023.
From January to June 2025, sales totaled 243.3 million dollars, an increase of 16.6% year-on-year compared to the 210.6 million from the first half of 2024.
In light of the new data, from January to September 2025, the total amounts to 353.8 million dollars.
Operations are conducted under the legal framework of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSREEA) of 2000 and the Cuban Democracy Act (CDA) of 1992, which allow direct cash sales of food and agricultural products to Cuba, as well as other goods authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Since the TSREEA was implemented in December 2001, Cuba has spent over 7.885 billion dollars on food imports from the United States.
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