Last Saturday, a ship arrived through the port of Santiago de Cuba with eight thousand three hundred tons of wheat flour ready for distribution and consumption, which will support the provinces from Ciego de Ávila to Guantánamo, to stabilize bread production.
This Sunday they began to distribute the flour to the aforementioned territories, to immediately begin the production of bread from the family basket regulated in the east of the country.
Alberto López Díaz, Minister of the Food Industry, told the press that this flour that arrived in the country does not involve an industrial process and that is why the times to stabilize bread production were shortened, and we will not have to wait until the end of the month of March, as previously announced.
This shipment responds to efforts by the highest leadership of the Cuban Government to respond to the real context, added the Minister, and assured that, despite the complex situation with fuel, transportation logistics from the port of Santiago de Cuba to planned destinations.
López Díaz reported that last week a ship with wheat arrived at the port of Cienfuegos, which will not guarantee total consumption of bread production, but will allow a gradual recovery of the delays that had been evident for the center and the west, and the mill did not have to stop as they had previously anticipated.
🚨In the central-western region of the country, and as encouraging news, new arrivals are expected soon that will allow said production to be stabilized, however the use of extenders in the production of the product will continue up to 15 percent.
Currently, only the Cienfuegos mill produces flour, with a capacity of 240 tons per day, hence the complex situation presented in which the territories adjusted the distribution of bread.
The persecutions that Cuba constantly suffers due to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government and the inclusion on the list of State sponsors of terrorism complicates the acquisition of raw materials; Entities have to go to distant markets, which increases transportation costs and prevents the contracted products from being guaranteed on time.
(Taken from Cuba Yes, Tuesday, March 12, 2024).
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