Currently, Texas supplies limited export items to Cuba, including chicken quarters, corn and pork. Now, with additional market opportunities, more items are expected to be exported and those sold will be at a more competitive cost, reports KAGS, NBC affiliate for the Bryan/College Station and Brazos Valley area.
In terms of the economic effects on Texas, it’s certainly going to have a positive effect on Texas agriculture, on some communities, the port system,” says Dr. Parr Rosson, head of the department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University.
United States agriculture exports to Cuba have the potential to be as much as $400 million to $500 million within the next two years, if agreements are made.