The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has told Stabroek Business that arising out of concerns expressed in the local poultry sector that artificial shortages are being created to force price increases, permits have been granted to eighteen importers to secure chicken from the United States and Suriname.
Ministry spokesman Derrick Cummings told Stabroek Business in a telephone interview yesterday that official monitoring of chicken supplies and prices had led to a meeting between officials of the Ministry and representatives of the Guyana Poultry Producers Association and the Guyana Livestock