Cuba has extended indefinitely the tariff exemption for the import of some essential, non-commercial products, the country's Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) confirmed.

Under MFP Resolution 9/2026, published this Saturday in the Official Gazette, all passengers may bring into the island, free of tax and without intention to sell, food, toiletries, medicines, and medical supplies. According to the legal document, the import can be carried out by passengers as part of their accompanied baggage.

It also exceptionally permits the non-commercial import of food, toiletries, medicines, and medical supplies "up to the limit of 500 US dollars in value or equivalent weight, up to 50 kilograms," based on the value/weight ratio established by the General Customs of the Republic. These items must be presented to Customs in packages separate from other products.

The MFP also officially authorized an increase from 200 to 500 US dollars in the value limit for non-commercial imports by individuals via shipments. Furthermore, the ministry extended the duty-free import of the first 30 dollars in value or its equivalent weight of three kilograms per shipment, applying a 30 percent tariff rate to the excess.

Separately, the entity has exceptionally approved the non-commercial import, exempt from Customs Tax payment, of food, toiletries, medicines, and medical supplies imported by individuals via air, maritime, and postal shipments, "up to a limit of 200 US dollars or equivalent weight up to 20 kilograms" according to the established weight/value ratio.

The MFP emphasized that all these extensions respond to the persistence of limitations in domestic supplies, stemming from *"the tightening of the US economic, commercial, and financial blockade and the impact on the economic sphere of the measures taken during the confrontation of Covid-19 and for the gradual recovery of the country." (CubaSí)