The Governor of the US State of Georgia, Sonny Perdue, held talks with the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the executives of several food importers on June 7 during his two-day visit to the Caribbean island nation.
Perdue was leading a 43-strong delegation, including senators, executives from the maritime and food industries and academics from the University of Georgia .
Their spokesman, Bert Brantley, said that meeting with the Cuban State agencies aimed to establish relations between Georgia and Cuba as well as to scrutinise the business climate in Cuba .
The US Government has imposed an economic embargo upon Cuba for almost half a century. However since 2000, Washington has given the green light for US food and drug exporters to sell to Cuba . Since then, the US has been the largest supplier of food and foodstuffs to Cuba , recording an export turnover of 729 million USD in 2009.
The US Department of Commerce ranked Georgia as the third highest exporter to Cuba out of all the US states, earning 16.3 million USD from chicken, pork, soybeans, canned food and butter, so far this year.
The Cuban National Statistics Office reported that the number of US arrivals to the island increased by 25 percent to 52,450 in 2009./.
Perdue was leading a 43-strong delegation, including senators, executives from the maritime and food industries and academics from the University of Georgia .
Their spokesman, Bert Brantley, said that meeting with the Cuban State agencies aimed to establish relations between Georgia and Cuba as well as to scrutinise the business climate in Cuba .
The US Government has imposed an economic embargo upon Cuba for almost half a century. However since 2000, Washington has given the green light for US food and drug exporters to sell to Cuba . Since then, the US has been the largest supplier of food and foodstuffs to Cuba , recording an export turnover of 729 million USD in 2009.
The US Department of Commerce ranked Georgia as the third highest exporter to Cuba out of all the US states, earning 16.3 million USD from chicken, pork, soybeans, canned food and butter, so far this year.
The Cuban National Statistics Office reported that the number of US arrivals to the island increased by 25 percent to 52,450 in 2009./.
