Cuba approves importing means of transportation by Cuban citizens

Cuba approved the import of combustion vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles, and electric tricycles for the modernization of transportation, the Minister of Transport Eduardo Rodríguez announced.

According to what Rodríguez said on Cuban television, the policy allows all Cuban citizens to import low-displacement (250 cc) internal combustion cycle engines and motorcycles, which follows a request from the population.

The authorization will also benefit collaborators and diplomatic personnel in missions abroad based on their income in foreign currency and under the regulations prepared by the Ministry of Transportation.

The minister also reported that travelers will be able to bring into the country an electric tricycle “preferably equipped with solar panels, with tariff preference so that charging the vehicle does not fall on the national electrical energy system.”

The new policy maintains what is established in the current resolution on the importation of mopeds and electric motorcycles, Rodríguez explained. He added that these decisions benefit a small sector of the population with the possibility of importing these means of transportation, and the community since it will benefit from the income of taxes applied to these imports.

Part of this income will go to a special fund managed by the ministry, which will allow a more stable process of recovery of public transportation and its infrastructure, prioritizing electric vehicle charging stations, Rodríguez said.

The minister asserted that the announced measures favor the development of the industry, the change in the national energy matrix and road safety by improving the technical state of the vehicle fleet, and offering alternatives for passenger and cargo mobility.