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Non-State Enterprises in Cuba: Current Situation and Purposes
1. Non-state enterprises
in Cuba
cur rent situation and
prospects
Camila Piñeiro Harnecker
Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana
Universidad de La Habana
April 2012
2. Defining Non-state Enterprise (NSE)
NSE = enterprise that is not managed by State representatives
not directly controlled by the State
private (simple or not) + production/workers’ cooperative
Trabajadores por Cuenta + agricultural and new non-agricultural
Propia (TCP) and private farmers cooperatives
* Foreign enterprises and joint-ventures not considered in this work.
3. Current situation of NSE in Cuba
precedents (up to 2010)
◦ +147,000 self-employed & private businesses (TCP=“trabajadores por cuenta propia”)
◦ +362,000 private farmers; 30-40,000 of them not associated in coops
◦ +3,000 production cooperatives, with 217,000 members
◦ +300 mixed (75%) and foreign enterprises
recent changes and experiments
◦ new licenses for TCP (371,200 in Feb. 2012)
◦ hiring of labor : S&ME (first 5 employees with no payroll tax)
◦ leasing to individuals (taxis and barbershops)
◦ mini-industries by agricultural cooperatives
proposals expected to be implemented
◦ leasing of cafeterias, restaurants, clubs, hostels and community services
(to individuals or groups?)
◦ non-agricultural cooperatives
5. Snapshot of TCP (August 2011)
characteristics
◦ 67% unemployed
◦ 17% retired or state employee
◦ 0.3% students
◦ 44% 9th-12th grade edu, 10%TM, 33% up to 9th and 7% university
◦ 24% women
most common activities or occupations
◦ 20% cafeterias, restaurants, food vendors
◦ 17% contract/hired laborer (50% for the later)
◦ 10% transport
◦ 4% producer and vendor of house supplies
◦ 4% B&Bs 3% street vendors….
provinces with the most TCP
La Habana (+1/2), Matanzas, Las Villas, Camaguey y Santiago - 77%
6. Snapshot of TCP(August 2011) (cont.)
new regulatory framework
◦ 181 types of activities (11 more than 2010, although very limited)
◦ can exercise more than one activity and in any municipality
◦ not necessary to be a retired or state employee
◦ no limits to hiring of labor (payroll tax 0<=5, x2 after10, x3 after 15)
◦ social security benefits, and must contribute (if not already doing so)
◦ can rent commercial space from individuals or the State
◦ can contract with the State (to be implemented)
◦ can receive bank credits (to be implemented)
◦ taxes:
◦ Sales Tax of 10 %, paid monthly
◦ Payroll taxes, 25 % of estimated total wages for hired workers (the same that
state enterprises pay), progressive depending on the number of workers hired
◦ Personal Income Tax, paid annually
7. Current situation of coops in Cuba
Overlook at the end of 2010
coops members
% of total
employment
% of total
agricultural land
CCS 2.949 362.440 7,15 35,3
CPA 1.048 30.000 0,59 8,8
UBPC 2.256 187.000 3,69 30,9
Total 6.253 579.440 11,44 74,0
Source: Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (ONE)
They produce an estimate of 77% of total agricultural production;
60% just by CCS and non-associated private farmers.
However, 65% of what it is sold in markets comes from state farms.
8. Agricultural cooperatives
(1989-2010)
Source: ONE (number of cooperatives)
*CPA + UBPC + CCS (private farmers) control 78% of agricultural land, and
produce 90% of agricultural output.
9. Prospects for coops in Cuba
Presence in current changes
Murillo(MEP) and Pedraza(MFP) 2010: coops are more “socializadas”
than TPC, and thus will receive preferential treatment
Murillo March1,2011: some state enterprise units in light industry
and services would be more effective as coops
PCC Guidelines mention coops15 times, and devote 5 guidelines to
them (25-29): coops not restricted to agriculture; 2nd degree coops
Murillo 23/12/2011: UBPC have too many restrictions; all types of
enterprises in agriculture will be granted the same rights
Murillo 31/3/2012: a policy for the experimental creation of non-agricultural
coops was aprobed by the Council of Ministries.
experiments with production coops (food … profesional services,
construction materials, housing, light industry) will start soon (July)
a General Law of Cooperatives will be elaborated based on these
experiments
10. Prospects for coops in Cuba
Expected roles
◦ traditional cooperatives (full autonomy)
◦ production coops (services, industrial, agricultural = new gen CPA, …)
◦ cuentapropistas’ consumption coops
◦ consumers’ consumption coops (housing, food, savings)
◦ promoted by local govs. (autonomy limited by type of leasing or contract)
◦ production coops that provide transportation, communal services …
◦ consumption coops that manage community stores/markets
◦ production coops promoted by state enterprises (idem.)
◦ service units that support enterprises’ main activities (maintenance, safety)
◦ production units that are key to enterprises but more effective as coop
◦ 2nd degree production coops (autonomy … state control or social coord.?)
◦ created by traditional coops
◦ created from non-strategic state enterprises subdivided into coops
11. Expected development of NSE (2011-2015)
employment and PIB (%)
Estimate with1,8 million workers more in the non-state sector (MFP) and a
5% increase in labor force due to new Social Security Law by 2015.
Estimate given by Ministry of Economic and Planning, Alfredo Jam, February 2011
12. Thanks
Camila Piñeiro Harnecker
Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy
University of Havana
camila@ceec.uh.cu
camila.pineiro.harnecker@gmail.com