HAVANA, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A Chinese bus manufacturer will export 630 buses to Cuba, Beijing's state-owned Xinhua media group said Tuesday.
The deal with Zhengzhou-based Yutong Bus Co. Ltd. entails 430 "end products" and assembly parts for another 200 buses, and is worth nearly $50 million.
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Cuba's Astro Bus will take delivery of the vehicles in January.
Financing for the deal was enabled by the Beijing Branch of China National Aero-technology Import and Export Corp.