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Manufacturing · Artemisa

Textilera Ariguanabo (Bauta)

Cotton/rayon textile mill — once Cuba's largest non-sugar factory

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only⚠️ Title III — under review

Scale

>2,400 workers in 1958

Status

LARGELY IDLE/ABANDONED — major brownfield revival

Sector

Manufacturing

Province

Artemisa

Coordinates

22.980, -82.550

Layer

Layer 2 · Atlas

Helms-Burton · confiscated property

⚠️ Title III — under review

Original owner (1960)

Dayton Hedges (U.S.)

1972 certified value

built by US capital 1931

Current claim-holder

state

Certified (FCSC)

No — uncertified

Title III status

check

Sources: Racked · EcuRed

Register interest

Information only — no U.S. participation today. Register a non-binding indication for the pipeline (for non-U.S. capital or a post-sanctions world).

Not legal, tax or investment advice, and not authorization for any transaction. U.S. sanctions (31 CFR Part 515) prohibit investment or equity in any Cuban business; nothing here is a determination that a transaction is lawful. Structure anything Cuba-facing only with qualified OFAC sanctions counsel and screen every party with QvaPay Sentinel.

Primary sources: OFAC Cuba Sanctions · 31 CFR Part 515 (CACR) · OFAC Cuba FAQs · Cuba Restricted List