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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Officials at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO)) reportedly closed production for 2004 recording some 324,940 tonnes of sugar, the second highest production in 15 years.
A GUYSUCO release from the corporation's communications unit and made available to Caribbean Net News, indicated that, the total is the accumulation of 97,500 tonnes of sugar in the first crop and 277,440 in crop number two which recently ended. A GUYSUCO spokesman told Caribbean Net News that the corporation had set a target of a little over 300,000 tonnes of sugar as the 2004 target.
The GUYSUCO release went on to state that all locations contributed satisfactorily to the production drive, noting that outstanding achievements of some locations led to records being set. According to the release, Blairmont achieved 49,329 tonnes or 113.7% of its production target of 43,382 while Enmore with 36,056 tonnes or 103.2% of its target of 34,932 set the pace of production for 2004.
Skeldon Estate chipped in with good performances making 97.1% of its target with a production of 36,460 tonnes and Albion produced 65,962 tonnes while Rose Hall produced 45,307 tonnes.
Production in Demerara of 127,883 tonnes accounted for 39% of the overall production. A breakdown of the estates showed Uitvlugt raking in 31,626 tonnes, Wales 29,434, La Bonne Intention 30,767 and Enmore 36,056.
Meanwhile, Michael Boast, GUYSUCO'S Chief Executive, spoke glowingly of the workers' commitment and perseverance, notwithstanding the many challenges they faced that buffeted the sugar industry during 2004.
GUYSUCO officials, told Caribbean Net News that last year's outstanding performance is as a result of the sound industrial relations climate in the industry, highlighting better agricultural practices and greater emphasis on timeliness of operations. GUYSUCO has already set an overall target of 337,000 tonnes for the 2005 sugar crop.
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