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The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) recently disclosed that it produced 10,254 tonnes of sugar last week, surpassing the 10,000 tonnes mark for the third time this crop.GuySuCo said that Albion, Blairmont, East Demerara and Uitvlugt Estates have all surpassed their weekly targets while Rose Hall Estate achieved 97 percent.The state-owned entity reminded that last week Wednesday, the Skeldon Factory recorded its highest daily production of 515 tonnes of sugar surpassing its previous highest of 501 tonnes.That same day it was noted that the industry recorded its highest daily production of 1,785 tonnes of sugar surpassing its previous highest target of 1,699.Uitvlugt Estate also completed its second crop last week Saturday and produced 7,847 tonnes of sugar, surpassing weekly target by 733 tonnes. Further, the estate produced 16,428 tonnes of sugar for the year surpassing its annual target by 1,065 tonnes.The Corporation had awarded its junior staff and file employees on the seven estates a total of $285,716,487 for their achievement of 26 weekly productions during the first crop for this year and for the second crop, this year, it has so far paid approximately $531,499,810 for their employees’ achievement of 47 weekly production incentives.Additionally, the Skeldon Estate supplied the Guyana Power and Light Inc. with 1,213,000 KWh of electricity using bagasse fuel.This brings the total power supplied for the year to date to 30,252,000 KWh.As at October 19, GuySuCo said that 177,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply,127 tonnes has been produced for the year which represents 77.8 per cent of the total sugar production estimated for the year. |
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