Cuba extends tariff exemption for food, medicines and other products - Digital Process

As from 1 May, resolutions 139 and 140 of the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) will enter into force, extending until 30 September the tariff benefits for the import of food, toilet, medicines, medical supplies and power plants, by natural persons and without a commercial character.

The Cuban Government extended for five months (until 30 September) the tariff exemption for food, medicines, toiletries and power plants that can be entered the country without commercial purposes, local media reported on Saturday. Cuba’s entry extends the tariff exemption for food, medicines and other products was first published in the Digital Process.

The regulations will be in force until the 30th of September

The conditions that gave rise to the implementation of these measures are currently being maintained.

Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel once again extends the tariff exemption so that Cubans can maintain the import of food, toilet and medicines that the state does not guarantee in the country.

The Ministry of Finance and Prices extended until 30 September 2025 the tariff benefit for the non-commercial import of essential products, a measure that seeks to alleviate the deficit of basic goods in the country. The provision, published in the Special Official Gazette No. 13, specifically benefits food, medicines, toiletries and electrical plants entering the national territory as luggage accompanied by travellers. The extension, approved b…