Jamaica to buy 60,000 tonnes
from Guyana per annum

Guyana and Jamaica have reached a deal that grants the island a waiver of the Common External Tariff (CET) on 9,000 tonnes of rice en route from the US and provides a guaranteed market for 60,000 tonnes of this country’s rice per annum.

The deal came following a meeting between President Bharrat Jadgeo and Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding earlier this week. Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, confirmed the reports of the deal which were carried in yesterday’s editions of the Jamaica Gleaner and Jamaica Observer.