The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday confirmed that sugar production for 2019 had fallen below 100,000 tonnes and it acknowledged that there had been “major” mechanical failures at the Albion and Uitvlugt factories.
The sugar union GAWU had warned several times last year about the likely low sugar output and had also cited mechanical failures at factories as a major issue. The last time sugar production fell below 100,000 tonnes was in 1926.
In a statement, GuySuCo said that reflecting on the year 2019, a total of 92,246 tonnes of sugar was declared to be sold in the local, regional and international markets.
