During the cold war, cubas sugar exports were bought with subsidies from the Soviet Union.
Today, the main sources of foreign exchange are its tourist industry and sugar exports.
In 2001, sugar exports amounted to US$22 million, or 8.4% of total exports.
In 1983 his banana farm was confiscated after he made what were deemed to be unpatriotic comments about sugar exports.
Total sugar exports dropped from 19,200 tons in 1980 to 6,500 tons in 1987.
But the prospects for sugar exports grew less favorable during the 1980s.
The living conditions of the rural population are better than in any other Latin nation, yet the country remains dependent on sugar exports.
Unable to compete, Brazilian sugar exports, which had peaked by the mid-seventeenth century, declined sharply.
Mackay Harbour deals mainly with sugar exports and visiting cruise ships.
This is about people for whom, certainly when prices plummet, sugar exports are of vital importance.