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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001012709-01-500677
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20010630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010904

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		IRS NUMBER:				650396889
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06445
		FILM NUMBER:		1730038

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 161465
		CITY:			MIAMI
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3052711900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 161465
		CITY:			MIAMI
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST CUBA FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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<DESCRIPTION>HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND, INC.
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SIGNATURE   CECILIA GONDOR-MORALES
TITLE       SECRETARY/TREASURER


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                INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL

To the Board of Directors
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The Herzfeld
Caribbean  Basin Fund,  Inc. for the year ended June 30, 2001, we considered its
internal control,  including control activities for safeguarding securities,  in
order to determine our auditing  procedures  for the purpose of  expressing  our
opinion on the financial  statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.

The management of The Herzfeld  Caribbean  Basin Fund,  Inc. is responsible  for
establishing   and   maintaining    internal   control.   In   fulfilling   this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected  benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally,  controls that are
relevant to an audit  pertain to the entity's  objective of preparing  financial
statements for external  purposes that are fairly  presented in conformity  with
accounting  principles  generally accepted in the United States.  Those controls
include the  safeguarding  of assets against  unauthorized  acquisition,  use or
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal controls,  errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected.  Also,  projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become  inadequate  because of
changes in conditions or that the  effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in  internal   control  that  might  be  material   weaknesses  under  standards
established  by the  American  Institute  of  Certified  Public  Accountants.  A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal  control  components  does not reduce to a relatively low level,
the risk that  misstatements  caused by error or fraud in amounts  that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be  detected  within a timely  period  by  employees  in the  normal  course  of
performing  their assigned  functions.  However,  we noted no matters  involving
internal  control  and  its  operation,   including  controls  for  safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
June 30, 2001.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Board  of  Directors  of The  Herzfeld  Caribbean  Basin  Fund,  Inc.,  and  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anone other than these specified parties.

Kaufman, Rossin & Co.

Miami, Florida
July 20, 2001

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