CAMAGÜEY.- Delays in the arrival of products included in the regulated family basket, caused August to start with shortages, although in the course of the month the deliveries of the pending established quotas should be completed.
According to various sources of the Commerce system in the province, one kilogram of rice packaged, valued at just over 21 pesos, and that, although similar to the one delivered as a component of free food modulesdoes not correspond to donations received in the country.
There are inventories to satisfy the remaining five pounds of cereal, even though several units at the time of writing this note had not received the grain, including 18 from the Consejo Popular Argentina, Florida.
It works to bring the sugar to the entire network, especially in the capital of Camagüey, where more than a hundred have not received it, although Nuevitas and Florida, on smaller scales, present the same scenario.
Now the distribution of one pound per capita of refined sugar is planned, and the other three of the raw type, in Camagüey, Nuevitas, Esmeralda, Najasa, Jimaguayú and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Consumers from Minas, Sierra de Cubitas, Guáimaro, Sibanicú, Florida and Santa Cruz del Sur will receive 1.5 pounds of white sugar and complete with 2.5 raw. In the case of Vertientes, it does not include refining.
Of the grains, there is coverage of beans black, and it is purpose to recover the pea debit that drags from July (more than 500 stores) and comply with that of the current one. From last month there are debts with coffee, in Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Esmeralda, Jimaguayú, Najasa, and partial in the Joaquín de Agüero and Cándido González districts, feasible to fulfill.
As for grooming, August projects soap bath, by composition of nuclei, and washing, to favor children up to two years old, as well as people over 65. To this is added the cream or toothpaste, and the detergent in a bottle, which will be distributed in Nuevitas , Florida and Camagüey, at first.
As of July, there are still areas to receive the soaps, a debt that will be paid depending on the availability of the product. At this time, Rosi toilet soap, 100 grams, worth 8 pesos, and 115 (9 pesos), and the 180-gram washing machine (10 pesos), are being sold for the first time.
The compote is not difficult, while the powdered milk distributed for children up to one year old allows to cover the needs of the first decade.
Within the monthly cycle, the products that are taxed by the poultry and meat companies will arrive.
Regarding the cigar, it is expected for the delivery of the producing units, which invoice Camaguey from centralized regulations.