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GAWU President Komal Chand says the sugar corporation could close the first crop with a shortfall of around 38,000 tonnes of sugar based on current production numbers and the threat of approaching May/June rains.

GuySuCo has improved from weekly numbers of just over 3,000 tonnes of sugar about a month ago to 9,000 tonnes within the past two weeks, but Chand told Stabroek News Wednesday that a significant amount of canes are still to be reaped for this crop. “Production has picked up and things…..


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