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STATE
OF ALABAMA PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, there exists during the conduct of the Alabama Agricultural Trade Mission to Cuba, August 17-22, 2003, a tremendous occasion for Alabama farmers and providers of food and forest products to trade with Cuba; and WHEREAS, the goal ot the Alabama Agricultural Trade Mission is to establish an ongoing working relationship with Cuban agriculturan and trade; and WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Trade Mission participants is to negotiate for the commercial exchange of Alabama agricultural commodities, food, and forest products with Cuba; and WHEREAS, there exists the realization that the potential for Cuban trade presents an exciting opportunity for the reopening of doors of exchange; and WHERES, through the expanded product movement by way of the Alabama State Port Authority, enhanced agricultural, food, and forest product trade can mutually benefit Cuban and Alabama people; and NOW THEREFORE, I, Ron Sparks, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for the Stete of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the beginning of a long and mutually beneficial agricultural, food, and forest product trade relationship with Cuba and the Stete of Alabama. Given Under My Hand and the Seal of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the City of Montgomery on the 15th day of August 2003. Ron Sparks, Commissioner |
