Cuba’s first Abasto.cu wholesale market opens in Sancti Spíritus

Cuba’s first Abasto.cu wholesale market opened October 10 in Sancti Spíritus. The establishment is intended to make wholesale sales to individuals and legal entities.

The unit operates at the ITH marketing company’s headquarters in the city of Sancti Spíritus. Customers must purchase more than $200 or 24,000 Cuban pesos, depending on the transaction currency.

Aida Rita Rivas Duarte, director of ITH’s provincial business unit, said the Sancti Spíritus Municipal Agroindustrial Company is the principal supplier. Three small and medium-sized enterprises and a foreign company that will sell in euros also participate.

The minimums announced at opening are lower than those communicated during September preparations, when they were set at $300 and 36,000 Cuban pesos. The opening was announced during the province’s first Tourism Sector Business Forum, which held sessions in Trinidad on October 7 and 8 and concluded in Sancti Spíritus on October 10.