Chinese Government provides equipment worth $7.2 million to modernize Cuban ports and airports (Linked to #64265)

On 3 June 2017, officials from the Chinese Government signed an agreement to provide equipment worth $7.2 million worth of equipment for the technological modernization of the General Customs of Cuba in its ports and airports. This provision is a part of China's grant of $36 million USD funding to Cuba in 2018 (#64265). The equipment consisted of non-intrusive inspection and control technology equipment, which will foster the capacity for control action and security at air and maritime borders. The formal project name is Customs Technology Modernization Project. The formal project handover ceremony for this project took place on 16 March, 2018.

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STAFF_NOTE_1: The Chinese name of the project is 海关技术现代化 (See: 果凯副书记率组赴古巴、墨西哥开展援外物资项目巡检和援外培训工作调研). STAFF_NOTE_2: This project is part of 6 projects worth $36 million for development which were completed in 2018. Five of the projects are captured by AidData in #54806, #54808, #54809, #69352, #70160. The $36 million is captured in the umbrella project, #64265.

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