Senator Heitkamp Pushes for Export Opportunities with Cuba

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Senator Heitkamp is reinforcing the need to expand agricultural export opportunities to Cuba.

Heitkamp says it would improve support for farmers across our country, especially in North Dakota, by expanding a key market for farmers to ship their products.

She also stressed the importance of allowing access to credit so farmers throughout the country are able to more easily export agricultural commodities to Cuba.

Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D):”I personally support lifting the embargo entirely however that may be a bridge too far for this congress, and…”

Cuba imports about 80 percent of its food.

North Dakota is the 9th largest agriculture exporting state in the country, with an estimated $4 billion in commodities sold each year in foreign markets.