Rice is unloaded to complete the basic basket in the port of Santiago de Cuba

The rice that will be used to complete the basic basket for November in the east of the country began to be unloaded in the port of Santiago de Cuba.

“The unloading of rice begins in the Port of Santiago de Cuba, to complete the regulated family basket corresponding to the month of November,” said on Facebookthe Guantanamo officialist journalist Yoanna Duporte Guilarte.

At the beginning of November, Cubans on social networks reported that in the first two days of that monthOnly three pounds of rice and three of sugar have reached the warehouses.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) announced that in November the seven pounds of rice that the government gives per consumer will be soldin a fractional and gradual manner, starting with the arrival of the cereal to the country.

In a note published in hisweb, the MINCIN reported that the distribution of rice will be affected by financial difficulties, which have limited timely imports of the product.

On November 1st, the sale of the first three pounds of the month began, which must be completed with a delay of up to five days on average.

Likewise, wholesale companies try to complete one pound of the regulated family basket corresponding to October.

The organization stressed that, by November, seven pounds per capita are guaranteed.

At the end of September, the MINCIN denied rumors about the elimination of some products in the monthly basket, but did not clarify that there would bea decrease in the amount distributed.