Sugar export figures for EU raise questions

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said Guyana has shipped 195,000 tonnes of sugar to the European Union (EU) for the year, raising questions about the figure.

Ramsammy did not elaborate when he made the disclosure of the shipment figure at the People’s Progressive Party’s weekly press conference at Freedom House.

Following a disastrous first crop, GuySuCo has been acutely aware of the 167,000 tonnes of sugar needed for the