With grinding pushed back yet again at the Skeldon factory, the Guyana Sugar Corporation is falling significantly behind on the crucial second crop target.
As of August 9th, the last official set of figures provided to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) by GuySuCo, just under 19,000 tonnes of sugar was produced. GuySuCo does have until the end of the year to make 192,000 tonnes of sugar for the second crop which industry analysts say would be impossible. The first crop was a depressing 48,000 – the lowest ever recorded figure for a first crop – a far cry from the 71,000-tonne target.
President of GAWU Komal Chand stated “the 9th of August the production
