Question: how did the fall of the soviet union affect cuba's economy

title: Cuba–Soviet Union relations
text: The subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 had an immediate and devastating effect on Cuba . Cuba lost valuable aid and trading privileges after the fall of the Soviet Union , soon after entering a fiscal crisis . While throughout the 1990s and into the present , Cuba maintained and built up relationships with other Latin American neighbors and non-aligned countries , as the only Marxist nation within the Western Hemisphere , Cuba was no longer able to maintain their political status . After the shift to world market prices under the 1991 trade agreement and the dissolution of CMEA , which had once accounted for almost 85 percent of Cuban trade , trade with the Soviet Union declined by more than 90 percent . The Soviet Union alone imported 80 % of all Cuban sugar and 40 % of all Cuban citrus . Oil imports dropped from 13 million tons in 1989 to about 3 million tons in 1993 from Russia . The end of communism in Europe resulted in the end of Cuban - Soviet relations and great isolation and economic hardship in Cuba . Further 

Answer: answer: Valuable aid and trading privileges after the fall of the Soviet Union were lost to Cuba , soon after entering a fiscal crisis .
The end of communism in Europe resulted in the end of Cuban - Soviet relations and great isolation and economic hardship in Cuba .
answer: After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba lost valuable aid and trading privileges and entered a fiscal crisis. Trade with the Soviet Union declined by more than 90 percent. The end of communism in Europe resulted in the end of Cuban - Soviet relations and great isolation and economic hardship in Cuba.