Dominica: Norman Dorival, Manager of the Commercial Department at Dominica Import and Export Agency (DEXIA), has revealed that Dominicans are expected to be without brown sugar for at least another week because of weather conditions in Guyana, according to a Dominica News Online report.
DEXIA is the agency responsible for the importation of sugar to Dominica. Over the past few days Dominicans have been struggling to buy brown and white sugar but according to Dorival white sugar should be available on supermarket shelves by Wednesday. However brown sugar remains a problem.
“We have had issues with the importation of brown sugar,” Dorival explained. “We must get it from Guyana as a CARICOM member state and Guyana had issues with unseasonal rains causing problem with the crop. But they have assured us that things will be back to normal within the next week or so.”
The DNO report said that Dorival also disclosed that DEXIA was working on clearing white sugar at the port and the product is expected to be made available to the various supermarket owners on the island within the next 24 hours.
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