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Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

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HAVANA - The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink and pharmaceutical industries, according to official reports, two economists and a rum industry source. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

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Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

HAVANA, May 9 (Reuters) - The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink and pharmaceutical industries, according to official reports, two economists and a rum industry source. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said at the end of April that the state-run industry had produced 71% of the 412,000 metric tons planned, or just shy of 300…

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