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Find out what medical supplies you can take and send to Cuba

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

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