DDL’s after-tax profit up 38.4%

Komal Samaroo

Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) after-tax profit for 2014 was 38.4% above the preceding year while for the Group, after-tax profit was up by 23.9%.

Describing the year as an excellent one for the Group, Chairman Komal Samaroo said that the Group’s profit before taxation was $2.653 billion for 2014 compared to $2.205 billion in the preceding period. This was an increase of $448 million or 20%, the highest profit growth of the Group in any year, Samaroo