U.S. corrects records that overstated fuel sent to Cuba by up to 28 times
The review keeps the declared value at $61.1 million but changes physical quantities affected by unit errors.
Official U.S. records of fuel exports to Cuba were corrected after major errors were found in recorded physical quantities. The Census Bureau and Energy Information Administration published the revision. The case distinguishes the monetary value from the physical measurement of fuel.
Some entries showed volumes as much as 28 times the real quantity because units of measurement had been confused. The correction changes physical volumes, not the monetary value reported for exports during the affected month.
The declared value remains $61.1 million. The revision applies to physical quantities in official records, allowing the inflated volume figure to be separated from the unchanged economic value.
On October 7, U.S. authorities announced a halt to 90 shipments bound for Enetec, a Cuban state company sanctioned by Washington. The reference gives a shipment count, destination and sanctions status but not the contents or physical volumes of each cargo.
The Cuban government denies links to fuel seized in the United States and minimizes private imports. Those positions concern separate issues from the statistical correction. The revision addresses official export records, unit errors and an unchanged declared value.