Government of Cuba warns of a shortage of flour on the island and that consequently there will be a lack of bread

The Cuban Government warned that it will not be able to guarantee subsidized bread from the basic basket until the end of March due to a shortage of wheat flour, official media reported this Sunday. The Ministry of the Food Industry (Minal) stated that the lack of bread offered through the ration card is due to “specific situations” with “planned shipments”, without giving more details on the matter. The island imports around 80% of the products it consumes. And in recent years it has closed agreements with allied countries, such as Russia, to guarantee the entry of wheat flour to make bread, a basic good in the Cuban diet. “In the coming days, bread production will be severely affected in each territory, due to instability in the supply of raw materials,” explained the commercial director of the state-owned Milling Company, Zaily Pérez Hernández, quoted by the official website. Cubadebate. He added that the Cuban food industry is not exempt from the consequences of the United ...