Cuban sugar industry

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1990s
collapse of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:environmentalImpact deforestation
water usage
soil depletion
gptkbp:historicalExportShare over 80% of Cuban exports (early 20th century)
gptkbp:historicalOperator gptkb:Cuban_government
Spanish colonists
American companies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cuban sugar industry
gptkbp:industry rum production
ethanol production
molasses production
gptkbp:influencedBy trade agreements
global sugar prices
US sugar quota
gptkbp:keyCrop sugarcane
gptkbp:laborSource enslaved Africans
Chinese indentured laborers
Cuban workers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:China
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:managedBy Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ)
gptkbp:market refined sugar
raw sugar
gptkbp:nationalized gptkb:Cuban_government
1960
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Tomás_Terry
gptkb:Francisco_de_Arango_y_Parreño
Julio Lobo
gptkbp:notableFlora gptkb:Angerona
gptkb:Soledad
La Demajagua
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 1952
7.2 million tons
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance 19th century
20th century
gptkbp:product gptkb:sugar
gptkbp:region gptkb:Matanzas
gptkb:Villa_Clara
gptkb:Ciego_de_Ávila
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Ten_Years'_War
gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
gptkb:Special_Period
gptkbp:status declined
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Cuba
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7