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Coconuts dominate agri exports in 2011 – Guyana earns $1.3B
Coconuts continued to dominate the commodity exports market, with over 7,000
tonnes shipped between January and November last year.
According to the latest figures from Ministry of Agriculture, some 5,173.82 tonnes were exported in 2010. As of November, figures indicate that 7,138.46 tonnes were exported, with December still to be included.
While between January and December 2010, agricultural commodities earned Guyana $934M, during the same period last year this jumped encouragingly to $1.369B or by $435M.
There has been renewed interest in the by-products of coconuts for pharmaceutical and food purposes in recent years, with an almost dormant industry seeing a revival that saw exporters smiling all the way to the bank.
After coconut, copra follows with 719 tonnes as against 874 recorded between January to December in 2010. Coconut water, pumpkin, watermelon and mango exports dropped during the period under review. However, plantain and eddoes which recorded 158 tonnes and 145 tonnes did better in 2011 as against 103 tonnes and 84 tonnes respectively for 2010.
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