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Cuban rum producers have plans to give a boost to its export to Russia by more than a million litres per annum.
Currently, about 30,000-50,000 boxes (270,000-450,000 litres) of rum are being exported by Cuba to Russia.
"Trade perspectives in Russia are promising," Juan Gonzalez, head of the Cuba Ron company, said.
"Our products have a potentially large market in Russia, and we are taking steps to develop this direction (of trade)."
He also mentioned that the rum manufacturers of Cuba have plans for exporting hundreds of thousands of boxes" of rum to Russia in the near future.
"Supplies will certainly increase, due to the high quality of Cuban rum, familiar to the Russian consumer," he said.
According to Gonzalez, Cuba annually exports some 4 million boxes (36 million litres) of rum, including 3.4 million (30.6 million litres) of Havana Club rum, to more than 120 countries.
But Cuba is not exporting rum to US as Washington has put a restriction on the trade aspects of the nation.
