<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Washington D.C.</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.14.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In spite of the U.S.-Cuba trade embargo, food and other agricultural products can be exported to Cuba.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The “Doing Business with Cuba” workshop in Washington, D.C. will explore these opportunities and other topics on April 8th, according to AgriLife.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The event will be held at the Rayburn House Office Building located at Independence Avenue and South Capitol St. in Room B-340.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas-Cuba Trade Alliance are co-sponsoring the event.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“This program will help export service providers, food processors and distributors, as well as agricultural producers and policy makers better understand the Cuban market for U.S. agricultural food products and associated regulations,” said Dr. Parr Rosson, AgriLife Extension economist and head of the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Participants will also learn how to receive a license to travel and export to Cuba, and requirements for export inspection.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“They will be briefed on recent changes in Cuba and which products have the most potential in the Cuban market,” he said. ”U.S. companies exported about $450 million to Cuba in 2012, but the market has potential to grow even more in the future.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Rosson will present “The Cuban Market for Food and Agricultural Products.” Other speakers include Anthony Christino III, director of the foreign policy division of the U.S. Department of Commerce-Bureau of Industry and Security. Attorney Robert Muse will present “Payment and Travel Regulations,” while Ernest Bezdek, director of trade development with the Port of Beaumont, will present “Views from Cuba.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">There is no cost for this event, but seating is limited. Registration is required by April 3 and can be made by calling Cynthia Thomas, president of the Texas-Cuba Trade Alliance, at 972-527-7505.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://today.agrilife.org/2013/03/11/doing-business-with-cuba-workshop-set-april-8-in-washington/ " target="_new">Cuba Trade Workshop</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
