The Cuban Ministry of Public Health has published an official resolution on the authorization to import some medical supplies to the island. We tell you what they are in this article.
Remember that it has also been extended until December 31, 2023, the non-commercial import of food, toiletries, medicines and medical supplies as part of accompanied luggage.
These benefits have been extended to unaccompanied baggage and air, sea and postal shipments of natural persons, with a limit of up to 50 and 20 kilograms, respectively.
In line with these provisions, Public Health has decided to “incorporate medical supplies into these authorized imports, and extend the benefit to those made by unaccompanied baggage modalities and by air, sea or postal shipments.
Therefore, through the resolution 182/2023, authorized:
- The non-commercial importation, exempt from payment of customs tax and temporarily until December 31, 2023, of medicines and medical supplies (in original containers, see table at the end).
- Unlimited importation of these products through accompanied luggage.
- The entrance to Cuba of medicines and supplies by the modality of unaccompanied luggage is up to the limit of five hundred US dollars (500.00 USD) of the equivalent value or weight, up to fifty kilograms (50 kg).
- In the case of air, sea or postal shipments by natural persons, it is up to a limit of 200 USD or equivalent weight up to twenty (20) kilograms.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE TAKEN OR SENT TO CUBA
| No | DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT |
| DEVICES DOCTORS, SPENDABLE Y PARAPHARMACY | |
| 1 | disposable gowns |
| 2 | Bag for colostomy, urostomy and ileostomy |
| 3 | tracheostomy tube |
| 4 | Nasal fork cannula for oxygen administration |
| 5 | urine collector |
| 6 | Devices for traditional treatments in Ayurvedic medicine |
| 7 | Devices and diagnostics for self-analysis with their biosensors (glucometers, diagnostic strips) |
| 8 | Aneroid and digital sphygmomanometers |
| 9 | stethoscopes |
| 10 | Gloves |
| 11 | Scalpel blades and handle |
| 12 | Supplies for acupuncture (moxas, suction cups, needles) |
| 13 | Syringes of all sizes |
| 14 | Kinesio tape and neuromuscular bandage |
| 15 | lancer |
| 16 | Masks for oxygen administration |
| 17 | Disposable sanitary masks |
| 18 | Materials for the manufacture of dental prostheses |
| 19 | Orthodontic materials (brackets, wires, bands) |
| 20 | portable pulse oximeters |
| 21 | Disposable diapers |
| 22 | Lubricated rubber prophylactics (condoms) |
| 23 | face shields |
| No | DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT |
| 24 | Finished and semi-finished dental prostheses |
| 25 | Foley catheter with balloon |
| 26 | Levin duodenal tubes, suction tubes with valves |
| 27 | Nelaton probes |
| 28 | enteral feeding tubes |
| 29 | rectal probes |
| 30 | Peripheral trocar, hypodermic needles and pericranial injectors, deep access central venous catheter |
| 31 | Incontinence sheath of all sizes |
| PARAPHARMACY | |
| 1 | Absorbent cotton, gauze and aseptic material |
| 2 | sanitary pads |
| 3 | heating pads |
| PARAPHARMACY | |
| 4 | 1 and 2-tipped cotton applicators |
| 5 | hot and cold water bottle |
| 6 | Tooth-brushes |
| 7 | Elbow pads, knee pads, wrist pads, ankle pads, collars |
| 8 | disposable bottoms |
| 9 | Bedpans and urinals |
| 10 | Insulin Delivery Devices |
| 11 | Mouthwashes and antiseptics |
| 12 | adhesive tape |
| 13 | Protective sanitary glasses |
| 14 | milk pump |
| 15 | Graduated plastic or glass droppers |
| 16 | Hilo dental |
| 17 | water soluble lubricants |
| 18 | Stockings and elastic bandages |
| 19 | extraction pears |
| 20 | Rubber and silicone pessary |
| 21 | Protector solar |
| 22 | massage rollers |
| 23 | sanitary tampons |
| 24 | Ear plugs |
| 25 | Gallium, Infrared and Digital Clinical Thermometers |
| 26 | Adhesive strips (band-aids) |
| No | DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT |
| ARTICLES OPTICS Y HEARING | |
| 1 | Hearing aids |
| 2 | armor |
| 3 | Hearing Aid Battery |
| 4 | eyeglass cords |
| 5 | prescription glasses |
| 6 | glasses cases |
| 7 | Lens cleaning cloths |
| 8 | Contact lenses |
| 9 | Finished lenses for eyeglasses |
| 10 | Lips |
| 11 | eye patches |
| 12 | washing solutions |
| HELP TECHNIQUES Y ARTICLES TECHNICAL ORTHOPEDICS | |
| 1 | Special adjuster for breast prostheses |
| 2 | Child and adult walkers |
| 3 | Bandages |
| 4 | canes and crutches |
| 5 | Bragueros |
| 6 | slings |
| 7 | orthopedic shoes |
| 8 | Camas fowler |
| 9 | Mandibular capelin |
| 10 | Casco protector |
| 11 | lap belt |
| 12 | Cushions |
| 13 | circular cushions |
| 14 | anti-decubitus mattress |
| 15 | foam mattress |
| 16 | pawblich leash |
| 17 | Corset |
| 18 | girdles |
| 19 | splints |
| 20 | cervical collar lining |
| 21 | standing cranes |
| 22 | Chin strap for cervical traction |
| 23 | Minervas |
| 24 | orthotics |
| No | DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT |
| 25 | rubber insoles |
| 26 | Removable limb prostheses |
| 27 | External rubber foam breast prosthesis, non-implantable |
| 28 | Regatones |
| 29 | Oxygen regulators and flowmeter |
| 30 | bathroom chairs |
| 31 | Wheelchairs of all types and sizes |
| 32 | sanitary chairs |
| 33 | Heel spur support |
| 34 | flexible supports |
| 35 | jockstraps |
| EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTAL | |
| 1 | portable vacuum cleaners |
| 2 | personal scales |
| 3 | nasal CPAP for sleep apnea |
| 4 | electrostimulators |
| 5 | Oxygen concentrator equipment |
| 6 | Portable nebulizer equipment |
| 7 | Manual massage equipment |
| 8 | Portable ultraviolet disinfection equipment |
| 9 | therapeutic ultrasound |
| 10 | Healing and podiatry instruments |
