Trinidad cement company failing to meet expectations, says Guyana official
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Noting that there have been developments associated with the provision of cement on the local market by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) and its local subsidiary, TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI), Cabinet Secretary, Roger Luncheon, Thursday, stated the regional cement company is failing to meet the expectations of the Caribbean Region.
“Guyana and other (Caribbean Community) CARICOM states contend that the ability of TCL, the regional supplier, to adequately and reliably service the needs of the region is inadequate. They cannot meet the region’s demand,” he stated, indicating that in the Caribbean, demand for cement is at an all time high.
The Cabinet Secretary was, at the time addressing the media, during his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President.
Luncheon told the media that since the Administration moved to reinstitute the Common External Tariff (CET) on cement from non-CARICOM states in accordance with the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), reports have been surfacing more and more of TCL’s inability to meet its contractual and other obligations currently on the domestic scene.
Further, he stated that questions have been raised about the technical standards of the cement product by the company.
Together, these two impediments of TCL – their inability to meet local demand and the technical standards of their supplies – have impacted negatively on logistics, Luncheon concluded.
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