Ministry of Finance and Prices (Cuba)
The Cuban government ministry that set the new bottled and piped gas pricing under Resolution 155/2026 and 156/2026.
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Cuba raised gas prices 64% and blamed the US blockade; what does the ministry's own data show?
Timeline for Ministry of Finance and Prices (Cuba)
Set new GLP retail pricing effective 16 July
Cuba Dispatch: Cuba blames blockade for 64% gas riseBackground
Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices issued Resolution 155/2026, raising the retail price of a 10kg bottled cooking-gas cylinder 64%, from 213 to 350 CUP, effective 16 July 2026.
The rise reaches 1,707,763 contracted GLP customers nationwide, with 26% in Havana and a further 37% spread across Matanzas, Villa Clara, Camagüey, Holguín and Santiago de Cuba. State media reporting the increase, corroborated across Granma, Escambray and independent diaspora outlets, cited the 'recrudecimiento del bloqueo económico, comercial, financiero y energético' (escalating economic, commercial, financial and energy blockade) as the driver, specifically its impact on oil imports, rather than internal supply management. A companion measure, Resolution 156/2026, updated manufactured and piped gas tariffs in the same package, though exact figures were not published.
The price rise landed in the same window as three total National Grid collapses in eight days, framing the ministry's action as part of a wider pattern of energy-price and energy-supply strain across the island.
Why did Cuba raise gas prices 64% in July 2026?
How many Cubans were affected by the gas price rise?
