Amcar mulls $145M heart of palm investment here, CEO says

Amcar CEO Jean-Francois Gerin and managing Director Christophe Surean

The French-owned company Amazon Caribbean Guyana Ltd (Amcar Guyana Ltd) is mulling an investment in the cultivation of around 3,000 acres of heart of palm to consolidate raw material supplies in order to satisfy the demands of what the company’s owner and Chief Executive Officer says is a growing demand in France.

Jean-Francois Gerin, owner and Chief Executive Officer of Amcar told Stabroek Business last week that the company was already in pursuit of the acquisition of lands in the North West District and