Cuban government authorities, particularly the State Directorate of Commerce in Matanzas, report that it is not possible to prepare a new supply book for 2024 due to “financial constraints”. According to officials, the import of raw materials is getting delayed. . To create a “notebook”.
According to this note published on the Matanzas government telegram, the official recognition admits that there are “considerable delays” in its printing and distribution when it comes to making changes.
“However, the products in the regulated family basket corresponding to the month of January will be sold through the 2023 booklet. No consumer will be affected by not presenting the 2024 booklet while purchasing the product,” they added.
In some areas, they detail that gradually the new 2024 booklet will be distributed to buy the products of the basic basket, which arrives a little on time, while in other places, they request the identity cards of the members of the respective nucleus. .
“At least in my area and others that I’ve heard of, yes. All the cards that make up the core,” one user elaborated in the comments on the topic.
New supply books to Cuba in 2024
After this information from the government about the new supply book in Cuba in 2024, criticism and some harsh comments broke out about the whole problem on the island, especially the economic one.
“They import food, they import raw materials to make supply books. What else do they care about? Warehouse clerks? “Administrators?” One commented sarcastically.
“I don’t know what products they give if they have only given rice so far, because the rest is conspicuous by its absence as always” or “Nothing has arrived to date in the municipality of Pedro Bentancourt, so the notebook is not necessary,” said others. argued.
The truth is that today, for the “ordinary” Cuban, things are the same between the lack of basic basket products and the new notebooks, which do not arrive.
(tags to translate) supply book
