{"id":270318,"date":"2023-05-28T03:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T07:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=270318"},"modified":"2023-05-28T03:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T07:41:53","slug":"msmes-exceed-166-million-dollars-in-imports-in-first-four-months-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/msmes-exceed-166-million-dollars-in-imports-in-first-four-months-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"MSMEs exceed 166 million dollars in imports in first four months of year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil Fern\u00e1ndez announced this Thursday before Parliament that <\/span>micro, small and medium-sized enterprises<\/span><\/a> (MSMEs) reached some 166 million dollars in terms of imports in the first four months of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

When giving details of the foreign trade operations carried out by non-state forms of management, Gil specified that the figure comes from a total of more than 270 million dollars in imports, of which 61.6% corresponds to MSMEs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding exports, these forms of management achieved the even higher figure of 4,788,500 dollars, the minister pointed out during the second Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of People\u2019s Power (ANPP).<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEP_CUBA\/status\/1661750370648092672?s=20<\/p>\n

He said that in recent years there has been an increase, month after month, in the level of imports of these forms of management. Just in the last two months they have exceeded 80 million, a rate that aspires to exceed the figure of more than 100 million in the course of the year, Gil said, quoted by <\/span>official media<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the minister, there is a trend towards importing final goods and not inputs and raw materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Correcting distortions<\/b><\/p>\n

He drew attention, however, to these imported goods ready for sale to the population, often at high prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a matter that we must analyze in depth, because although it is true that it is approved that the new forms of management can import for their production, in recent months there has been a trend towards imports for direct marketing,\u201d he emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n

The non-state sector, he added, must contribute to the development of the country\u2019s economy and current distortions must be corrected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Empresarios espa\u00f1oles en Cuba: \u201cQueremos trabajar estrechamente con los emprendedores cubanos\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n