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MIAMI, United States. – The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the United States Department of Commerce revoked two export licenses that authorized shipments of vehicles and other goods to Cuba, concluding that the quantities exported under those permits exceeded what was allowed.
The decisions are contained in two official letters signed by Julia Khersonsky, Deputy Undersecretary for Strategic Trade, dated June 4, 2025 and November 3, 2025. The documents They were published this Monday by Dariel Fernández, Miami-Dade County Tax Collector.
In the June letter, the BIS informed Hugo Cancioowner of Katapulk Marketplace, LLC, which revoked license D1325305. The agency explained that it was acting after, on December 3, 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspected, detained and confiscated a shipment identified with the number 2025SZ0021754. In that sense, he added that “224 vehicles” had been sent under that license, while the permit “only authorized the export of 100 hybrid and gasoline vehicles to Cuba.”
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The Katapulk Marketplace license allowed Cancio to market motorcycles, trucks and trailers, buses, construction equipment and agricultural equipment in Cuba.
Cancio is the owner of Fuego Enterprises Inc., a company based in Miami that has a capital of 19.1 million dollars and was founded on December 30, 2004. This company is, in turn, owner of the magazines OnCuba and Art OnCuba and Katapulk itself, which launched into the market as an online store specializing in food and phone recharges.
In the November letter, addressed to Alejandro Martínez Pardo and related to Maravana Cargo, Inc., the BIS communicated the revocation of license D1331933. According to the document, the license authorized the company to export, re-export or transfer “hybrid and gasoline vehicles” within the country, as well as a list of items linked to the automotive and agricultural sector destined for Maracuba Cargo SRL in Cuba.
The BIS justified the revocation by determining that the number of vehicles and motorcycles exported under that license had “drastically” exceeded the authorized quantities. The agency specified that this included exporting or attempting to export “approximately 140 gasoline and hybrid vehicles and 337 motorcycles” above what was permitted.
In both documents, BIS indicated that the revocation was effective as of the date of the respective letters and ordered that any shipments “in transit” at that time under the revoked licenses must be returned to the United States or otherwise “redirected or detained” in a manner consistent with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
BIS also informed recipients of the possibility of appealing revocations. According to the letters, any appeal had to be received no later than 45 days from the date of the documents and include a supporting brief setting out why the BIS should reverse or modify the decision.
