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Article: Cadbury Adams to export gum to Cuba.
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- CubaNews
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- November 1, 2003
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Cadbury Adams USA wants to crack the Cuban chewing-gum market. Steven Sabo, general manager for the company's Caribbean division, said he's been dealing with Cuban state agency Alimport since last March and is now getting ready to export.
"Under the Trade Sanctions and Reform Act, chewing gum is considered an agricultural product, and we hope to begin exporting before year's end," Sabo told CubaNews in a phone interview from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where his division is based.
"Alimport acts like a middleman. When we went two months ago, they set us up with the actual companies that are end-sellers," he said. "These end-sellers place an order ...