Cuba Liberalizes the Motorcycle Market

Cuba Liberalizes the Motorcycle Market



It's the wind of change blowing again in Cuba, as the Cuban lawmakers

have abolished the 1959 law which forbade citizens to freely buy

motorcycles or cars. The law required that the potential buyers first

got a permit for state authorities and only then could go for whatever

was available.



That is, bikes registered on the island in the 50's before the

revolution, the very rare imports from the USSR or the even harder to

find Batista-era Harley-Davidson bikes.



2014 will see more normal commercial regulations which allow the import

for both motorcycles and cars, as the ban had worked for cars, too.

However, due to the poor Cuban population, it is expected that the

"boom" will not be as spectacular as some might believe.



Most likely it's going to be cheap Asian-made small-displacement

motorcycles and scooters which will dominate the sales. The low

purchasing power of the Cuban customers will make the development of

this new market quite slow, marketing experts say.



However, things are moving the right way, and this is good news for 2014.



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