Pomeroon leading the way in bottled coconut water

Bottling coconut water at Henville Farm

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) continues to promote the exportation of non- traditional agricultural commodities. GMC in its call to Agro-processors to bottle coconut water to sell to local, regional and international markets takes this opportunity to share success stories of producers of bottled coconut water.

The first Agro-processor to bottle coconut water in Guyana was Raymond Trotz of Phoenix Enterprise, which is located at Enterprise on the East Coast of Demerara. The Agro-processor stated that he commenced bottling coconut water in 2004 and officially launched his product at GuyExpo 2005, in 1/2 litre (500 ml) bottles