Trinidadian manufacturers yesterday lamented that non-tariff barriers were hampering imports of agricultural produce from Guyana and called on the political directorate to clear the hurdles.
“Our import is TT$6B and Guyana is professing it can feed the entire region. There is also Belize and Suriname they have the (land) mass to do it… Why can’t we source the tomatoes from [Guyana] to make the tomato paste? It is not that the private sector in Trinidad don’t want it to come to Trinidad. The political directorate needs to get these things right,” Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Dr Mahindra Ramdeen said yesterday during a ‘Welcome to Guyana’ session at the Ramada Princess Hotel.
Representatives from 23 Trini-dadian companies are participating.