古巴将停止食糖价格补助
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Cuba's communist government says it is liberalising the sale of sugar, after decades of subsidising its price.

古巴政府宣称,经过对食糖价格数十年的补助之后,政府将对食糖实行自由交易。

Sugar is the mainstay of Cuba's agricultural economy
Sugar is the mainstay of Cuba's agricultural economy
It is the latest step in President Raul Castro's plan to reduce the state's role in the economy and encourage private enterprise.

Cubans will still be able to buy a limited amount of sugar at a subsidised rate with their ration1 books, but these too are due to be gradually phased out(逐渐停止) .

Cuba is a major sugar producer, and many Cubans have a very sweet tooth.

The state newspaper Juventud Rebelde said sugar would "gradually" be freed from state control and sold in shops and supermarkets where prices are much higher, though it did not say how quickly this would happen.

It said the measure was particularly necessary in the light of economic changes launched by President Castro last September.

Private restaurants

Around a million public sector2 workers are being laid off and encouraged to find work in the private sector, where rules on setting up small businesses or becoming self-employed have been dramatically liberalised.

Thousands of Cubans have since applied3 for licenses4 to set up their own businesses, particularly restaurants, which will consume large amounts of sugar.

"The liberalised sale of sugar, both in its refined and raw variety, is an expected and necessary decision, above all for the successful development of the self-employed sector," Juventud Rebelde reported.

The government has also announced that the price of imported rice - another basic staple5(主要产品) in Cuba - is to go up by more than 40%.

The phasing out of food price subsidies6 will cut costs for the cash-strapped communist government, which decided7 to reduce the state's almost total control of the economy in response to a severe economic crisis.

On Friday the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council - based in New York - said US food sales to Cuba fell by 31% in 2010, partly because Cuba was short of foreign exchange to pay for the imports.



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1 ration CAxzc     
n.定量(pl.)给养,口粮;vt.定量供应
参考例句:
  • The country cut the bread ration last year.那个国家去年削减面包配给量。
  • We have to ration the water.我们必须限量用水。
2 sector yjczYn     
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
参考例句:
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
3 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
4 licenses 9d2fccd1fa9364fe38442db17bb0cb15     
n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准,许可,颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句
5 staple fGkze     
n.主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环;adj.主要的,重要的;vt.分类
参考例句:
  • Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
  • Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
6 subsidies 84c7dc8329c19e43d3437248757e572c     
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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