First shipment of paddy leaves for Mexico

The paddy being loaded (GRDB photo)

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on Friday announced the start of paddy shipments to Mexico.

A release from the GRDB said that this initial shipment which totalled 17,000 tonnes is the first batch from a contract that will see 60,000 tonnes shipped over the next two months. The value of the contract amounts to US$17.7M or around $3.8B.

General Manager of the GRDB, Alison Peters said that the shipment will arrive