2013 rice pact with Venezuela on hold

By Stabroek News On In Business |
The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the architeet of the agreement under which Guyana has been paying for its oil imports from Caracas with rice and Paddly exports
The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the architeet of the agreement under which Guyana has been paying for its oil imports from Caracas with rice and Paddly exports

Guyana has so far been unable to conclude a new contract for the supply of rice to Venezuela for 2013, which General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh has put down to the preoccupation of Venezuelan officialdom with the illness and recent death of President Hugo Chavéz.

Guyana was expected to supply that country with a total of 220,000 tonnes of rice and paddy and Singh said