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Electronic commerce in Cuba: Advances of a society
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These days, the media in Cuba are publishing news about the advancement of electronic commerce in the country, an initiative that “is here to stay,” as President Miguel Díaz-Canel said. State and private institutions are inserted in this technological maelstrom and incorporate online payments for various services.

Coppelia also with electronic payment, which since September has an area for payment through the ENZONA platform. The workers received training to help customers and improve the service of the central creamery. At the end of November, 6 thousand operations had been carried out with a total amount of 260 thousand pesos, the website reports.National Tax Administration Office with online services

From the portal www.onat.gob.cu, in the Taxpayer Services section, four online services were enabled. Users can access entumovil applications, which calculates and fills out the personal income affidavit, publishes the Cuban News Agency.

The Tax Vector service allows you to obtain the document that taxpayers use to pay at the bank and that contains all their tax obligations. In the Modification of Quotas, the changes applied to the monthly quotas established if you are a self-employed worker are known. In the Consultation option, the interested parties will raise their doubts or complaints, which will be answered by specialists from the agency, attached to the Ministry of Finance and Prices.

Internal Commerce implements electronic commerce At the beginning of 2020, the Ministry of Internal Commerce (MINCIN) announced the use of magnetic cards to pay for the items offered by the construction materials stores. A measure that allows the sale of these highly demanded products to be controlled and that stops theft and irregularities in trade.

To date, the provinces with the best results in this initiative are: Havana, with more than 50% of sales by cards, then Artemisa and Guantánamo. The most delayed are Villa Clara and Matanzas.

From the National Craft Fair, electronic commerce

The 29th edition of the National Handicraft Fair brings news such as the launch of “Something more than art”, the first of the stores that make up AlcanSan, a platform for electronic commerce.

AlcanSan includes several stores for food, clothing, handicraft products and others, while “Something more than art” offers catering services, decoration, among others. The San Agustín Art Laboratory (LASA) intends to expand the reach of AlcanSan, which currently exhibits around 100 products on its catwalks. Among the new challenges is the creation of a consumer credit, through which items for sale can be paid.

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