For three more months, until April 30, the Ministry of Finance and Prices extended the exemption of the collection of tariffs due to the importation of food, cleaning products, medications and medical supplies.
According to resolutions 27 and 28, which protect the measures published in the Official Extraordinary Gazette No. 2 of January 29, 2025, the decision will be made in “exceptional and“ temporary ”way.
The measure, described as “prudent”, is taken when “the limitations in food offers and other products in the country” persist, as well as the “resurgence” of the embargo/blockade, in addition to the impact on the economic sphere of “The measures taken during the confrontation of the COVID-19”.
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According to the regulations, the import without a commercial nature of these products by passenger route imposes a limit of US $ 500 (USD) of the equivalent value or weight up to 50 kilograms in the value/weight ratio established by the general customs of The Republic.
Meanwhile, air shipments, maritime and non -commercial postcards, the limit of the value is 200 USD. The exemption of the customs tax for the first 30 USD of the value or its equivalent weight of three kilograms of the shipment will also remain in force and will apply to excess a tariff rate of 30 %.
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The resolution warns that the benefits of the regulations apply with the condition that articles classified as food or cleaning products, in addition to those identified as medications and medical supplies in the passenger luggage, “are presented before the customs in separate packages of the rest of the products ”.
This tariff exemption was approved by the Cuban Government in 2021, at a time when the pandemic and sanctions of the United States exacerbated the economic precariousness of the island. Since then, the measure has been extending every six months, first, and more recently every three, while the crisis and deficiencies have continued to sharpen.
