Three years ago Essequibo businessman, Beni Sankar made a switch from rice to coconut production as he is optimistic that the industry will boom.
Together with his partner, May Cheung, he is working on meeting international standards and has already secured a London customer, who has visited his company.
He is currently producing cold press virgin coconut oil under the name, Guyana Ideal Oil Inc. (GILI) – a subsidiary of Kayman Sankar & Co. Ltd, which was incorporated in 1975 – and hopes to fill one 20 ft. container every month with 4,500 gallons. In that event, the amount of
