TSRA §908 · VERIFIED CORRIDOR · 6 HYGIENE CATEGORIES
Exporting Personal Hygiene to Cuba – TSRA §908 and OFAC CACR §515.533
Personal hygiene articles qualify under TSRA §908 (as basic consumer goods) and OFAC CACR §515.533. AquiCargo runs a business-to-business corridor for personal hygiene to Cuba: 6 active categories with verified Cuban buyers – soaps, hair care, oral hygiene, feminine hygiene, deodorants and skin care.
Personal Hygiene for Cuba
Dove, Colgate, Old Spice, Always, Tampax and Vaseline. Soaps, hair care, oral hygiene, feminine, deodorants and skin care. For NGOs, MSMEs and Cuban cooperatives.
6 Subcategories
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Soaps and Detergents
Dove bar soap 72ct, Tide powder, Fabuloso 128oz, Clorox bleach, Zote laundry bar. The most sought-after category.
View suppliers →Hair Care
Head & Shoulders gallon, Pantene, Murray pomade, Garnier Nutrisse. For private hair salons. Market +300%.
View suppliers →Oral Hygiene
Colgate Total 24ct, Oral-B soft 144ct, Listerine gallon, floss picks. Dental clinics and NGOs.
View suppliers →Feminine Hygiene
Always Maxi 216ct, o.b. tampons, panty liners 100ct, menstrual cups. Critical shortage. NGO priority.
View suppliers →Deodorants
Old Spice stick 12ct, Dove Women roll-on, Degree, Secret Clinical. Old Spice has cult status in Cuba.
View suppliers →Skin and Body Care
Vaseline, Lubriderm, Eucerin, Coppertone SPF 50, hydrocortisone 1%, Lotrimin. Beauty salons growing.
View suppliers →The Hygiene Market in Cuba – 2026
Cuba has not produced soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorants or feminine products in significant quantities since 2020–2022. SUCHEL – the state-owned personal care manufacturer – operates at less than 15% capacity. This production crisis makes imported hygiene products a segment of inelastic and sustained demand.
The legal framework is dual: TSRA §908 (for items that also qualify as basic consumer goods) and OFAC CACR §515.533 (which specifically authorizes the export of personal hygiene items to Cuba without an individual license). Under §515.533, the exporter only needs: commercial invoice, Certificate of Origin, and in some cases SDS (Safety Data Sheet).
The 12,000+ private hair salons, 4,000+ independent pharmacies, 8,000+ private retail stores and 300+ commercial laundries in Cuba represent a commercial hygiene demand estimated to exceed $30 million USD annually – with unmet demand even greater. AquiCargo verifies KYB of all buyers and connects with certified exporters.
The 6 hygiene categories in AquiCargo cover the most exported HS codes under §515.533: soaps and cleaning (HS 3401, 3402), hair care (HS 3305), oral hygiene (HS 3306, 9603), feminine hygiene (HS 9619), deodorants (HS 3307) and skin care (HS 3304). Success-fee model: no fixed cost for the supplier.
Authorized Cuban Buyers
- ALIMPORT – Imports hygiene products for distribution in TRD stores and state hospitals. Contracts by category.
- Hygiene, pharmacy and beauty MSMEs – 4,000+ private pharmacies, 12,000+ hair salons, 8,000+ retail stores. Fastest-growing segment.
- Verified humanitarian NGOs – Hygiene kits for humanitarian distribution, gender programs and community health.
- Private wholesale distributors – Operators supplying multiple points of sale in provinces. Purchase full pallets by category.
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