Gov’t seeking to increase paddy, rice shipment to Venezuela

PaddyGeorgetown: Plans are apace to increase the amount of rice and paddy being shipped into Venezuela as Guyana is capable of supplying more than the contracted amount of paddy and rice to Venezuela, according to agriculture officials.

The current contracted amount is 80,000 tonnes of paddy and 110,000 tonnes of white rice. Presently Guyana shipped over 36,000 tonnes of paddy and over 35,000 tonnes of white rice to Venezuela.

Guyana has been able to eliminate many of factors that cause shipment delays and have created a level of efficiency and effectiveness that not only cuts cost but see faster shipments.