The Cuban state company CIMEX recognized this Friday the “notable shortage” of disposable diapers for babies, especially those offered in Cuban pesos (CUP) and the over-demand for that product.
The director of Retail Sales of the conglomerate, Yusleydi Lezcano, declared to the official website Cubadebatethat the offer is directed towards the market in CUP and the Freely Convertible Currency (MLC, virtual currency equivalent in foreign currencies and to which not everyone has access).
«This month, in the sale of culeros (diapers) in CUP, of a plan of 91,297 packages, 85,442 have already been delivered. All were sold in less than 72 hours », he indicated.
Although the official commented that “with the same load of CL (liquidity capacity letter) we strengthen the culeros in CUP”, the offer is still limited in Cuban pesos.
the article of Cubadebate It includes the complaints of many users about the scarcity of that product and how difficult it is to find all four stages at the same time.
In this regard, Lezcano explained that deliveries are made by size because the Vietnamese company Thai Binh “only has two production lines for disposable diapers.”
Cubadebate He adds that “there are places where they never arrive” and also the presence of resellers on social networks with prices that triple the official one.
The Asian company participates in several investments in the Mariel Special Development Zonea business center and merchant port, the only one of its kind on the island, located in the western province of Artemisa, 45 kilometers west of Havana.
Thai Binh started operations in Cuba in 2019 with a disposable diaper and sanitary pad factory, later expanding its investments to a line of wet wipes.
Cuba has been going through a serious crisis for months due to the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tightening of the US embargo and problems in national macroeconomic management, which has had an impact on the lack of basic products and the increase in inflation. .
