Making Cuba Safe for American Agribusiness: III

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BC cycle - June 6, 2002

Riceland Foods to be among exhibitors in Havana, official says  

Little Rock--Riceland Foods of Stuttgart is to be among more than 150
companies planning to take part in an exhibit of U.S. food and farm
products next fall in Havana, according to an official of the company
planning the exhibition.

PWN Exhibicon International of Westport, Conn., has received
permission to hold the first such exhibit in Cuba since the U.S.
imposed a trade embargo on the Caribbean country 40 years ago.

Peter Nathan, president of PWN Exhibicon, said other companies
expected to attend are Gold Kist and Perdue Farms, a major poultry
producer on the East Coast.

He said he also expects Tyson Foods Inc. to attend, but no one at
Springdale-based Tyson could be reached for comment Wednesday.

PWN Exhibicon held the first American exhibit of health-care supplies
in Cuba in 2000, with nearly 100 U.S. companies participating, Nathan
said.

The exhibition at Havana will feature products such as rice, poultry,
and branded food and beverages, he said. The five-day event will be
open to all Cuban residents on the final day.

Nathan's company is the only U.S. firm to get a license for Cuban
trade shows from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign
Assets Control. The license was issued in 2001, but Nathan had to
wait for final approval from the Cuban government.

source - JosePertierra@aol.com
 
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