With the first shipment of paddy en route to Venezuela, Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy is anticipating that over 40,000 tonnes will be sent to Venezuela by the end of August.
On Wednesday, the cargo vessel UBC Montego Bay was being loaded with just over 5,500 tonnes of paddy and Ramsammy pointed out that while this was the first shipment, Guyana has already sent six shipments of rice to Venezuela as part of the 2013 arrangement.
The minister said things were moving quite smoothly now that the product was
