The latest production figures for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) show that the sugar producer will be unable to achieve its target for the second crop of this year.
Week-old production figures seen by this newspaper, indicate that the industry is off its target by 6585 tonnes. The total crop production figure stands at 33,770 tonnes from a target of 40,255.
The Blairmont sugar estate has surpassed its production target by 21% as it produced 9,576 tonnes of sugar from a target of 7,899.
The Albion estate has to date produced 84% of its targeted production. Production figures at Albion stand at 18,180 from a target of 21,566.
Meanwhile, the Uitvlugt estate, which faced mechanical challenges in the last crop, has to date only produced 56% of its target. The estate’s target is 10,800 tonnes and so far it has only produced 6,014 tonnes of sugar.
In the first crop of 2022, the sugar producer set a target of 21,000 metric tonnes, while in the second crop the corporation was aiming to produce 40,255 tonnes of sugar.
From a production target of 20,261, metric tonnes, the corporation has only managed to produce 13,076 metric tonnes of sugar in the first crop of 2021.
