The Cuban Government allocates the fruits considered “select” for export and to serve the tourists who come to the island, while in the markets where Cuban families buy, it is increasingly difficult and expensive to obtain the products grown in the fields of the Island.
The official press has devoted extensive articles this week to explain how Cuba is preparing to attend the high tourism season, which this year has left results below projections, as well as new production lines for export, mainly to Europe. .
All in all, the authorities acknowledge that Cienfuegos has 74 local development projects (PDL), but only 14 (19%) have potential for exports and serving tourism. Thus, María del Carmen Serra Lliraldi, director of the Chamber in the region, explained that the main limitation is compliance with the production plan for sugar, twisted tobacco, charcoal, chili peppers, shrimp, tench and aluminum scrap.
The company Frutas Selectas is, in any case, in charge of “balancing” (sic) the assortments for “all tourist markets” on the Island, he told the newspaper Escambray Clemente Hernández Rojas, director of the state company, who assured that they cover 70% of the demand. “We are the most specialized, with refrigerator infrastructure and a mini-industry with better technologies that currently produces seven lines, while we link specific assortments such as lemon with a producer from Meneses,” he said.
The authorities acknowledge that Cienfuegos has 74 local development projects (PDL), but only 14 (19%) have potential for exports and serving tourism
Hernández Rojas assured that the company, whose inventories depend on local production, has guaranteed the demand for tourism corresponding to three months, with agreements between the producers to supply 320 tons of onion bulbs, of which 220 are provided by Selected Fruits . The rest, he added without specifying a figure, will be marketed by the Banao Agricultural Company.
The official pointed out that, in response to the “state order”, Frutas Selectas has expanded its freezing capacity by up to 40 tons at the Yayabo factory, as well as installed a processing room for agricultural products.
This same company announced a year ago with great fanfare the export of lemons to Spain by a farmer, after the Government endorsed private sector trade. On that occasion, this newspaper verified that the product did not appear in the Spanish markets.
This Monday it transpired that the Collection Company in Cienfuegos has dispatched 62 containers this 2022 bound for Spain and Turkeyvalued at 9 million pesos, as highlighted at a meeting of the provincial Chamber of Commerce.
By 2023, turmeric, avocado, mango, red mamey and frozen cassava will be incorporated for export
Citrus Arimao has also exported more than 1,000 tons of aseptic mango pulp to European markets, said Isec Tellería Abreu, deputy director of the company, who announced that they are preparing new production lines for exports. One corresponds to dehydrated pineapple leaves to market to Russia in the remainder of this month,
One of the farms in the area assured pearlvision This September, there was a demand for 200 kilos of this product for the Russian market. “Shoes are made from this (vegan leather), car seat linings are made, belts are made… Wow, everything is made with pineapple leaves and bananas,” said the producer.
In addition, by 2023 turmeric, avocado, mango, red mamey and frozen cassava will be incorporated for export.
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