The Cuba thaw will be big for America’s frozen chickens

As travel and trade relations between the United States and Cuba continue to improve, American poultry producers are targeting the island nation as a growth market.

Since agricultural trade restrictions were lifted between the two countries in 2000, Cuba has become the fifth-largest importer of frozen poultry from the U.S., amounting to over $1 billion, according to Bloomberg Business.

Major stateside agricultural producers are confident the repeal of some remaining restrictions – such as a rule that U.S. lenders can’t finance Cuban companies – will increase not only poultry exports, but also revive dormant orders for U.S. rice, wheat and corn currently supplanted by growers in Asia, Europe, South America and Canada.

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