The 51st meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) revealed that Caricom is unable to meet its own demand for sugar by almost 50 percent.
At the closing ceremony of the COTED ministers meeting held on Friday in Suriname, Desiree Field-Ridley, Caricom’s Trade and Economic Integration Officer in Charge said that sugar was still a “work in progress.”
The vast shortfall in sugar is a significant change for the region which in its heyday saw large surpluses. Sugar production
