Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

[evanovitch]

Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Jamaica is bracing for a trade row with Guyana and other CARICOM rice producers.

This comes in the wake of the Government's decision to import rice from outside the region prior to getting a response to its request for a suspension of the 25% Common External Tariff (CET).

Commerce Minister Karl Samuda on Monday night disclosed that Jamaica had ordered 30,000 tonnes of rice from the United States.

He said Guyana objected to the move.

However, Mr. Samuda said Jamaica had to take urgent action to ensure that it continued to receive adequate supplies of rice.

[julie*mango]

Re: Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

So di US nah undergo a rice crunch to??? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

[RichD]

Re: Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cool_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So di US nah undergo a rice crunch to??? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </div></div> yes yuh can only buy 100 pounds of rice at a time in the US

[jamaica_dreamin]

Re: Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cool_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So di US nah undergo a rice crunch to??? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </div></div> yes yuh can only buy 100 pounds of rice at a time in the US </div></div>

I saw on the news that Costco & Sams's club (in South FL) are limiting purchases to 4 20 lbs bags!

[RichD]

Re: Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cool_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So di US nah undergo a rice crunch to??? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </div></div> yes yuh can only buy 100 pounds of rice at a time in the US </div></div>

I saw on the news that Costco & Sams's club (in South FL) are limiting purchases to 4 20 lbs bags! </div></div> yes so you can only buy 80 pounds a day....or per trip

[bee_bop]

Re: Jamaica braces for rice row with Guyana

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cool_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So di US nah undergo a rice crunch to??? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </div></div> yes yuh can only buy 100 pounds of rice at a time in the US </div></div>

I saw on the news that Costco & Sams's club (in South FL) are limiting purchases to 4 20 lbs bags! </div></div>

Littleman says:
<span style="color: #660000">I heard the same rumour too...what a thing when the U.S. resort to rationing...a communist bad word.</span> [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whatever.gif[/img]