{"id":234992,"date":"2021-02-21T07:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=234992"},"modified":"2021-02-21T07:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:21:04","slug":"cuban-government-reaffirms-refusal-to-import-for-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-government-reaffirms-refusal-to-import-for-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban government reaffirms refusal to import for individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cuban government reaffirmed its refusal to allow commercial imports by individuals as part of the reform package it is carrying out, in a context marked by the shortage of a group of products and the economic crisis increased by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/https:\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coronavirus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importation by individuals \u201ccould seem, at first glance, a short-term solution, but it would be a measure that would affect the economy, slow down the recovery process and reduce the chances that the economy has of imposing itself in this scenario and give a better quality of life to our population,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubadebate.cu\/noticias\/2021\/02\/19\/perfeccionamiento-del-trabajo-por-cuenta-propia-elementos-que-debes-conoces-video\/#anexo-1500349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cuban Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil on this Friday\u2019s Mesa Redonda television program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gil acknowledged that his government has received opinions and concerns from the population on this issue, according to which \u201cif we have a moment of scarcity in the economy, if the country does not have the possibility of maintaining a stable supply in the markets, why not allow people to go abroad to buy products and sell them here?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He responded to this by saying that authorizing these imports \u201cwould be a mistake\u201d and \u201ca contradiction with respect to the strategy we are implementing\u201d because, he said, this would lead to the flight of foreign currency from the country, something that the authorities are trying to avoid and the main reason for the opening since the end of 2019 of a group of stores for the exclusive sale in freely convertible currency.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PPoUUblZ0R\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/tres-pasos-para-comprar-en-las-tiendas-en-divisas-extranjeras-en-cuba\/\">Tres pasos para comprar en las tiendas en divisas extranjeras en Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abTres pasos para comprar en las tiendas en divisas extranjeras en Cuba\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/tres-pasos-para-comprar-en-las-tiendas-en-divisas-extranjeras-en-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=HBgqTiracH#?secret=PPoUUblZ0R\" data-secret=\"PPoUUblZ0R\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minister recalled, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubadebate.cu\/noticias\/2021\/02\/19\/perfeccionamiento-del-trabajo-por-cuenta-propia-elementos-que-debes-conoces-video\/#anexo-1500349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quoted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Cubadebate, that one of the arguments for the opening of these stores \u201cwas precisely that the hard currency was leaving the country\u201d at a time when the government had no \u201cpossibility of supplying the markets and providing resources to the population.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than a year after the opening of the first establishments in freely convertible currency, Gil affirmed that \u201cthe marked strategy of collecting foreign currency as a way to produce products in national currency for the population is working.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat we don\u2019t have the level of supply that we should to satisfy the country\u2019s solvent demand, it is real. But it must be understood that we have been operating for almost a year in pandemic conditions, since March 2020. Tourism is totally affected, the blockade comes from way back, the suspension of cruises&#8230;,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also affirmed that although \u201cthere is a minimum level of supply,\u201d Cuba is \u201csurviving this situation and we have a strategy to reverse that situation.\u201d However, he said that \u201cit does not depend only on us, but on the international context, but everything we do is for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, he acknowledged that \u201cnot all conditions have been created, from the point of view of supplies and inputs,\u201d for self-employment, a constant claim from the private sector on the island, and pointed out that his government has to \u201cwork on that.\u201d But, he said \u201cour economy does not give up having a stable supply in wholesale markets, that is a goal to be achieved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iIBBXDbKT7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-que-necesita-el-sector-privado-para-importar-y-exportar\/\">Cuba: \u00bfqu\u00e9 necesita el sector privado para importar y exportar?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCuba: \u00bfqu\u00e9 necesita el sector privado para importar y exportar?\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-que-necesita-el-sector-privado-para-importar-y-exportar\/embed\/#?secret=eZkpKVIoTk#?secret=iIBBXDbKT7\" data-secret=\"iIBBXDbKT7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Gil\u2019s opinion, the opening of stores in freely convertible currency \u201cwould not be a measure that benefits the population if we renounce the capture of these currencies in the state network to finance our industry, and then we promote that those currencies when they enter, come out again and do not connect with our domestic market,\u201d and pointed out that his government \u201cdefends the need to maintain a level of supply in the national market in freely convertible currency and also in Cuban pesos,\u201d \u201cbecause foreign exchange is also captured there, but we still haven\u2019t been able to have a level of supply in the market as a consequence of this crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf we promote the import by individuals of products from abroad to resell them in the country, the national industry will be totally disconnected from it; we would not be creating jobs, one of the challenges we have,\u201d and \u201cneither would we be developing the national industry and that, ultimately, affects the people, the self-employed workers themselves, who will not have inputs to carry out other activities,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of its reforms, the Cuban government <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/gobierno-cubano-da-luz-verde-a-las-exportaciones-importaciones-y-al-mercado-mayorista-para-el-sector-privado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gave the green light to private sector exports and imports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and allows individuals to import, but always through state-owned companies and without commercial intent. In addition, the island\u2019s authorities have insisted on the role of self-employment in the current economic scenario of the country and recently expanded the activities that can be carried out in this modality and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-publica-la-lista-de-actividades-prohibidas-para-el-sector-privado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published a list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of those that are not allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe improvement and expansion of self-employment, in addition to the generation of new jobs, will provide the economy with greater vitality, diversification and competitiveness. That is the road to follow. We all win,\u201d Gil wrote days ago on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlejandroGilF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil affirmed that authorizing these imports on a commercial basis \u201cwould be a mistake\u201d and \u201ca contradiction with respect to the strategy we are implementing\u201d because, he said, this would lead to the flight of foreign currency from the country, something that the authorities are trying to avoid and the main reason for the opening since the end of 2019 of a group of stores for the exclusive sale in freely convertible 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