Cuba is struggling to produce enough sugar for export let alone for its own consumption.According to reports, Cuba plans to produce 455,000 tonnes of raw sugar this harvest cycle.Sugar is essential for rum production and both products, rum and raw sugar, have been essential for Cuba’s foreign exchange.In the past, Cuba has exported and then imported raw sugar after disastrous harvests, sometimes importing from Brazil.Reuters indicates that state-run sugar monopoly AZCUBA has said this cycle’s harvest of sugar will mostly go to domestic consumption and derivatives such as rum."