GuySuCo equals first crop tally

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) rounded out the 11th week of the second crop with production just over 48,000 tonnes of sugar, equalling its first crop figure and putting the total for the year at 96,000 tonnes.

The state-owned sugar corporation managed to end the week with all factories grinding—a first since the second crop has begun—but it still needs to produce 144,000 tonnes of sugar to meet its total 2013 production target with only three months to go.

However, Stabroek News has come to understand that while GuySuCo managed to grind over 6,400 tonnes of sugar during the week, the average worker turn out for all eight sugar estates sat at approximately 57 per cent. Making matters more complicated, Stabroek News understands that the average is assessed by the amount of workers registered to