Cuban Vice Presidetn Carlos Lage highlighted that replacing imports is important to the country, starting from increasing investments and national production, the national media said on Sunday.

After visiting places where economic and social works are being developed in the eastern Granma province, Lage said there is revival in strategic sectors, as in the construction-material industry and some branches of the food industry.

The Cuban government priority is to guarantee enough products for national consumption, those mostly made out of national raw material, said the vice president, according to the Juventud Rebelde daily.

In El Cacao stone mill, one of the largest in Cuba, Lage said investments in the construction sector will be permanent and will include reduction of electricity and fuel consumption among its objectives.

The possibility to invest more will be determined by a government process to select the economic areas where import replacement is more effective with fewer resources, according to the Cuban National Information Agency.

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