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February 11, 2003.
HAVANA, 10 (AP) - Cuba's food import company pledged to buy $10 million in
agricultural products from Alabama in a move to revive historic trade ties with
the southern state, members of a delegation said Monday.
Alabama Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley said that Pedro Alvarez of Alimport asked the
delegation over the weekend to work with Alabama producers in drawing up a list
of farm products.
Negotiations on the deal worth $10 million will continue next month, when an
Alabama farm delegation visits Havana, Baxley said.
Under an exception to long-standing U.S. trade sanctions against the
communist-run island, producers of American farm products may now sell to Cuba
on a cash-only basis.
The Alabama government and business leaders arrived in Havana on a private
jet Friday. | 
