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Cuba: oil import rules

These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Cuba-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.

Open to private trade0
Restricted0
Blocked3

Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.

Product-by-product

Crude oilBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesCUPET state monopoly. US embargo (Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 515) prohibits virtually all US-person transactions; Helms-Burton Act extends extraterritorial reach. HARD STOP for any US-touchpoint deal.
Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)BLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesCUPET state monopoly on imports. US embargo applies. EU/UK/CA permit non-USD trade with Cuba but USD clearing through US correspondent banks creates secondary-sanctions exposure.
LPGBLOCKED
Not tradeable by private partiesCUPET monopoly. Same US embargo constraints.

Frequently asked

Can private companies import crude oil into Cuba?
CUPET state monopoly. US embargo (Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 515) prohibits virtually all US-person transactions; Helms-Burton Act extends extraterritorial reach. HARD STOP for any US-touchpoint deal.
Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Cuba?
CUPET state monopoly on imports. US embargo applies. EU/UK/CA permit non-USD trade with Cuba but USD clearing through US correspondent banks creates secondary-sanctions exposure.
Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Cuba regulations?
Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Cuba are gated against these rules automatically.

Use this jurisdiction

This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into Cuba? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.

Screen a counterparty into Cuba

Paste the company or person name from the pitch. Free, no signup, answer in seconds. Vessels are not screened here.

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One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.

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One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.

Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.