Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, July 2 – After more than 30 days of distribution and marketing, the sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been halted in almost all of the country's provinces due to the unavailability of domestic fuel, Irenaldo Pérez Cardoso, deputy director of the Cuba Petróleo Union, told Granma.
He specified that the sale of the LPG unloaded from the ship that arrived on the island in May has already been completed.
Regarding the coverage offered to customers with this inventory, he specified that in the provinces of Havana, Artemisa, and Mayabeque, 66% of sales were achieved, while in the rest of the country the figures range between 50% and 60% on average.
He added that the unloading of another ship in national waters is expected soon, for consumption during the summer season, provided that the payment to the supplier is completed.
He emphasized that, in the face of this shortage, vital socioeconomic centers will not be left without LPG, as these priority services will be supplied from small-scale domestic production at the Cienfuegos refinery and the Puerto Escondido Energas Plant.
In recent years, there have been serious limitations in the acquisition of fuels, given the lack of financing and the economic persecution of the country's economic transactions, driven by the multidimensional blockade of the United States government. (Text and photo: Granma Digital)
