Trading figures

For the record, new figures published overnight in the US confirm that food exports to Cuba increased by a massive 61 per cent during 2008.

According to data compiled by a Washington-based lobby group, the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, American primary producers exported more than USD710 million worth of food – up from USD437.5 million in the previous 12 months.

It means that the US has now become probably the Castro regime’s fourth largest trading partner.