HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 12 (acn) Members of the Illinois-Cuba working Group (ICWG) urged the US Congress and administration to loosen trade restriction on Cuba so that they agricultural entities may sell their products to the island.
The ICWG delegates made their request in Washington DC on Friday. "We have already seen a decline in our market share due to non-competitive U.S. policies," says Yon Luque, Koch Foods export area manager cited in an article published on the webpage of the Aledo Times Record newspaper.
The article dated September 11 in Wilmette, Illinois, explains that the ICWG delegates represented companies such as the Illinois Soybean Growers, Cargill, Chicago Foods International, Huron Commodities, Illinois Farm Bureau and Koch Foods.
In April this year, the working group addressed president Obama a letter requesting "bi-partisan efforts at the national level to bring the US-Cuba relationship forwards," the article reads.
"Change is happening in Cuba and will continue. We are at a pivotal moment in history. Decisions made in the next couple years will affect future generations. We need to be at the table," says Duane Dahlman, Illinois Soybean Growers marketing committee chair and soybean farmer from Marengo, Ill. "It's important for farmers to have access to a market that is so close to us with potential growth," reads the publication.
The Illinois Cuba Working Group was created at the request of the Illinois General Assembly. Its members include business and commodity groups such as the Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Corn Growers Association and Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
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