Just over a month after the implementation of Resolution 225, which establishes a cap on the prices of basic products, the Government has acknowledged difficulties in MIPYMES, where the availability of chicken has decreased significantly.
The measure, designed to curb inflation and relieve the economic burden on the population, has caused a shortage of the product in some markets, which has affected both consumers and merchants in Santiago de Cuba, stated the state-run newspaper Sierra Maestra.
The Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) had announced that the resolution aimed to temporarily reduce the prices of six highly demanded products – chopped chicken, oil, powdered milk, pasta, and sausages – in an effort to curb inflation and protect the purchasing power of the population.
However, now chicken has disappeared from the points of sale in the aforementioned province, the regime acknowledged.
Yanet Aniuska Vichot González, coordinator of Programs and Objectives to address the Economy in Santiago de Cuba, explained that although no businesses have been closed in the province, the confrontation against violations of the price ceiling is daily and is carried out with the intensity that the circumstances require.
The government has also acknowledged that violations of the resolution have mainly occurred in the sale of chicken and milk, products that have accumulated the majority of incidents.
Several merchants and owners of MIPYMES have explained that the lack of price differentiation based on product varieties has led them to withdraw certain items from the market.
They have also requested more support in the import and transportation of goods in order to comply with the new pricing regulations without affecting the availability of products.
After the price cap to stop inflation caused by the government's poor economic policies, the owners of many Mipymes began to hide merchandise in protest, prompting the Cuban regime to start inspecting businesses.
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