This year Cuba has been receiving substantial supplies of medical products and medicines from the U.S. [1]
- For the first six months of 2024, Cuba received donations of medical products and medicines from the U.S. worth $3,609,682.
- In June 2024 Cuba acquired $89,586 worth of diagnostic and laboratory reagents from the U.S.
- In January 2024 Cuba purchased more than $31,000 worth of penicillin and insulin; toothpaste; ultrasound scanning equipment; artificial limbs; unspecified medical devices; surgical devices for dental and ophthalmic use; cannulas and gelatin capsules and in May 2024 it acquired another $5,337 worth of same.
In addition, for the first six months of this year, U.S. exports of food to Cuba totaled $210,628,425.
All of these U.S. exports are authorized under the U.S. Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSREEA) of 2000. Since the first such purchases in December 2021, the total exceeds $7,456,961,818.
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[1] Reyes, Thousands of dollars in laboratory reagents were purchased by the Cuban regime in the US, Diario de Cuba (Aug.7, 2024).