By Pushpa Balgobin
in Paramaribo, Suriname
Guyana has not reported sugar data to the Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development in recent years due to the Guyana Sugar Corporation focusing on its lucrative European contract which makes it unable to provide a reliable regional supply.
Dismal sugar output in recent years has meant that GuySuCo has little surplus sugar outside of its European Union quota of around 167,000 tonnes.
Desiree Field-Ridley, Caricom’s trade and economic Integration Officer in Charge told Stabroek News that Guyana had a firm contractual arrangement with Jamaica to supply sugar but over the last two to three years GuySuCo has been unable to meet the demands for various Caricom countries.
She spoke on Wednesday during the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (CTA) Caribbean Week of Agriculture being hosted this year by Suriname.
Field-Ridley, a Guyanese, said that sugar supplies are not reliable and as a result regional shippers
