# Mexico halts fuel shipments to Cuba amid threat of US sanctions

https://mins.news/en/item/88081

- TASS, 2026-10-06 13:45 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2198207

> Mexico’s state-owned Pemex stopped fuel shipments to Cuba entirely in the third quarter, El Universal reported. Shipments had averaged 900 barrels per day in the first half of the year, down sharply as Mexico sought to avoid US sanctions on suppliers of crude oil to Havana.

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