The food production plan in Havana for January 2023 was fulfilled only 42% of what was planned. In a meeting held this Friday, the provincial authorities discussed the implementation of 12 actions to remedy the crisis, although they did not encourage too many expectations in the recovery.
The official press had been giving signs of the economic debacle in the capital’s food sector for weeks. With the announcement that there was not enough quantity of rice, beans and oil for the rationed marketthe Government once again invoked the wild card of blocking and the “involuntary delay of imports”.
In the economic balance of the capital for the first month of 2023 there was no way to hide the meager results. The province still has 354.6 uncultivated hectares. One solution, the leaders calculated, could be to expedite the process of handing over land to producers. In addition to increasing the assortments in the markets and implementing mechanisms to reduce the high prices of basic basket products.
About twenty companies registered losses last January, although, according to the Government, they were 15 fewer than at the end of 2022, because the majority met their “social objective” and operated despite limited prices.
The province still has 354.6 uncultivated hectares. One solution, the leaders calculated, could be to expedite the process of handing over land to producers
Among the Havana institutions that exceeded production goals is the Provincial Accommodation Company, with 183% compliance, followed by state restaurants with 177.8% and social circles with 122.5%.
To increase sales and reduce inflation, Reinaldo García Zapata, governor of Havana, opined that companies have to “insert themselves in other scenarios.” They must be “creative” to reactivate the economy, he pointed out, without remembering that many business units do not comply with their production programs due to the lack of inputs, most of them imported at high costs.
At the meeting it was also reported that the inspector staff in Havana has 68% coverage, while the auditors only reach 28%. Although the Government does not mention the causes of this deficit, it coincides with the flight of professionals in the midst of the largest migratory exodus since the 1959 Revolution.
To increase sales and reduce inflation, Reinaldo García Zapata, governor of Havana, opined that companies have to “insert themselves in other scenarios.”
The authorities of the municipalities proposed that, in order to reverse the situation, the training of young people recently graduated from the Accounting and Finance career be prioritized, to whom “adequate attention should be given to encourage their permanence.”
In addition, there were complaints against drivers and state entities that do not respect authorized passenger stops. In this regard, the Government promised to incorporate some buses that were deactivated due to breakages.
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