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He transformed his construction materials manufacturing business into a small industry that produces cold-mix asphalt and has a brigade for \u201cpothole repair.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andal received the required permits to operate and carry out repair work on secondary streets, given the interest of the capital\u2019s government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe private sector had never participated in this way in the repair of roads in Cuba,\u201d acknowledged Mart\u00edn, who told <\/span><b>OnCuba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the path to achieve this was not free of obstacles.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311319\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311319\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-1-1-750x536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ortelio Mart\u00edn, president of the enterprise, affirms that it is a pioneering experience. Photo: Osvaldo Pupo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the will of the authorities to carry out this experiment prevailed, from which seven other similar ones have emerged in Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andal, being the first, was given an old construction site in the municipality of La Lisa to build a cold-mix asphalt production plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mart\u00edn said that this factory was built using recycled materials and they had to ask the bank for two loans to be able to finish it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were also able to contract the services of suppliers of aggregates and asphalt liquid. The same ones that supply the state enterprises dedicated to road maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Obstacles<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andal is in the small group of private enterprises to which the government assigns a certain amount of fuel. In this case, 400 liters per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, its owner, Ortelio Mart\u00edn, warned that the supply depends on the availability at the time and that it is sold at retail prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entrepreneur stressed that the transportation logistics behind this business are demanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe stone dust for use in asphalt, which is stipulated to be used due to its physicochemical characteristics, is in Alacranes, in a quarry in Matanzas. Just to go and get the aggregate, 150 liters of fuel are needed. I have a production of 200 tons per day that needs 60 cubic meters. That would be three trips. Not counting the other raw materials needed,\u201d Mart\u00edn exemplified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He argued that it is not economically sustainable to use fuel on the black market, because the main client of his enterprise is the State and the budget is based on the amount it can pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311318\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311318\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-4-1-750x536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The asphalt factory, made based on recycled equipment. Photo: Osvaldo Pupo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another difficulty is access to equipment. Until now, Andal has had to rent equipment from state enterprises, which had already exceeded its useful life and were in deplorable condition. They have had to invest in repair and rent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf a state enterprise has broken equipment and does not have the money to get them up and running today, when will it be able to do so? If someone has the money to buy it, why not sell it?\u201d reflected Mart\u00edn, who also regretted that there is no financing available to obtain new equipment and access to better technology for asphalt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monetary factor also plays a role in the logic of equipment repair. As Ortelio explained, the acquisition of spare parts is fundamentally in foreign currency, which cannot be recovered from the results of its production and there is no official exchange market on the island. Another challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>No incentives<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These difficulties are a brake on venture run by Mart\u00edn, who explains that, if he did not have such a complicated situation with access to fuel, he would double his portfolio of projects, which today reach 15 million pesos, with works in four Havana municipalities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, he regretted that, despite being a business dedicated entirely to production, with a factory that does business with a state road enterprise and an MSME, there are no benefits for entrepreneurs like him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no incentive for production, the same taxes for everyone, even us who take on a state commission. We do not have access to foreign currency. They measure everyone with the same yardstick,\u201d he commented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe private sector needs all the tools and mechanisms that the market has to develop. It is called to be a driving force for national development, but it is not yet seen with that intensity, unfortunately. If there were a bolder policy with the private sector, the State would gain more,\u201d he affirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311317\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311317\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andal-Pavimento-OP2024-2-1-750x536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is no incentive for private producers, says Mart\u00edn. Photo: Osvaldo Pupo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mart\u00edn hopes to scale his business, which currently produces 1,500 cubic meters of asphalt per day, to a national level. To make that dream come true and sustain the life of his enterprise, he has diversified his clients and not only does business with the state sector but also offers his service to other MSMEs that want to improve the environment where they work. This guarantees him access to payment in foreign currency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the circumstances surrounding his venture, Ortelio remains optimistic and believes that in the future the role of the private sector in the island\u2019s economy will become more evident.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A public-private initiative benefiting from the government and dedicated to asphalt production faces the same difficulties as private producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12346260,"featured_media":311320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13903],"tags":[34874,19256,34398],"ppma_author":[34884],"class_list":["post-311314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-cuban-msmes","tag-featured","tag-msmes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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