DORGAN STATEMENT ON NEW CUBA REGULATIONS
Regulations include Dorgan provision to make it easier to sell agricultural products to Cuba
Friday, September 4, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) issued a statement today in response to the Treasury Department issuing new Cuba regulations that include a provision to allow a general license for people travelling to Cuba to market agricultural products. Dorgan included this provision in law to make it easier for U.S. agricultural producers to export their goods to Cuba.
TEXT OF STATEMENT
BY SENATOR BYRON DORGAN
September 3, 2009
“These new regulations on Cuba will follow the legislation that I had included in law.
“Our previous policy hurt family farmers and restricted their ability to get their products to the Cuban marketplace, and I’m pleased to see that these new regulations recognize the importance of my legislation when it comes to giving our nation’s agricultural producers access to the Cuban marketplace.
“This change will make it easier for our producers to sell their goods to Cuba, and it makes good economic sense for family farmers in North Dakota and across the country.”
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