Price violations or non-compliance with the measures imposed by the Cuban government have resulted in fines of up to 15,000 Cuban pesos (CUP) at the agricultural fairs in the city of Santa Clara.
The Municipal Inspection Office of that territory in Villa Clara stated that, along with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, they conduct weekly inspections at the fairs where they have imposed fines amounting to 4,000 CUP, 7,500 CUP, 8,000 CUP, and 15,000 CUP for detected violations.
On their Facebook profile, the agency reported that they have also resorted to accessory measures such as “forced sales, requests for project cancellations, and temporary closures of establishments.”
In a list provided by the entity of what occurred this past Sunday, the recurrence of the government's control campaign over the private sector is evident.
For example, at the La Vigía fair, five private workers were penalized for price violations and for issues with their payment methods for the products.
The same occurred in the José Martí neighborhood, where they found that a self-employed worker did not file the sworn statement, in addition to shortages in the delivery of several products to buyers. They also found several vendors without permission to perform that function.
At the points of Sandino, Calle J, and Condado, along with non-state workers, some Credit and Service Cooperatives (CSS) were fined, particularly for violations regarding the weights of products and the prices at which they sell them.
The continuity of the violations has been taken seriously by the government of that territory, which at the beginning of this month forced several vendors at the Placetas fair to conduct a forced sale of their merchandise.
The official profile Inspección Villa Clara reported on Facebook that all vendors who violated the prices were fined in accordance with the provisions of Decree 30 of 2021, with an amount of 8,000 pesos.
In Santa Clara, local inspectors detected violations in micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (Mipymes) across all the Popular Councils in that Villaclareña district, which led to fines and forced sales.
Among the measures taken by the Santa Clara inspectors were: seven fines for misinformation, 10 fines for deceiving consumers or price manipulation, seven fines for not possessing cost sheets, one fine for product retention, and 24 fines for charging abusive prices.
Only between August 17 and 23, the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) of Cuba closed businesses and withdrew work projects from 368 "non-state actors."
In just one week, the government ordered the closure of 171 establishments and the termination of 197 projects by private entrepreneurs, in addition to carrying out 58 seizures of products and 773 forced sales due to "detected violations."
The enforcement, at the beginning of July, of Resolution 225/2024 from the Ministry of Finance and Prices, in which the Cuban government set retail prices for cut chicken, edible oils (except for olive oil), powdered milk, pasta, sausages, and powdered detergent, has launched control operations throughout the country to detect price violations and sanction offenders.
Fines could exceed 8,000 pesos for private businesses that fail to comply with this measure, said the Minister of Finance and Prices Vladimir Regueiro Ale.
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