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Doing Business in Guyana
Contact & Social Networks
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Guyana -
Cayenne. Guyanese Economy.
Introduction to Guyana;
Business in Cayenne;
Guyanese Economy;
Guyanese International Trade;
Business Opportunities in Guyana;
Access to the Guyanese Market;
Business Plan for Guyana.
Objectives
The objectives of the subject «Doing Business in Guyana» are the following:
To analyze the Guyanese Economy and Foreign Trade;
To explore the Business Opportunities in Guyana;
To analyze the trade relations of Guyana with the country of the student;
To know the Free Trade Agreements of Guyana;
To develop a business plan for the Guyanese Market.
Foreign Trade and Business in Guyana:
Related Education
Masters and Doctorate in International Business adapted for the Guyanese Students .
Foreign Trade and Business in Guyana
Preferential Access
Trade Facilitation
Organizations
American Trade and Economic Organizations, Guyana is a member of ...
Organization of American States (OAS );
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC );
Inter-American Development Bank (BID);
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC )
European Union-CELAC Summit.
Africa-South America Summit (ASA).
Islamic Organizations :
Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA);
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC )
Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation;
Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI);
Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries;
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam.
Global Organizations :
Commonwealth;
United Nations (UN )
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD );
International Trade Centre (INTRACEN );
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO ).
World Bank (WB );
World Trade Organization (WTO );
International Monetary Fund (IMF );
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Guyana
Guyanese: Capital Cayenne;
Borders of Guyana: Brazil , Suriname and Venezuela ;
Area of Guyana: 214.969 square kilometers;Territorial tensions with
Venezuela for the control of the so-called Guyana Esequiba (74% of the
territory of Guyana);
Territorial tensions with Suriname for the control of the so-called
Tigri Region (7% of Guyana's territory).
Population of Guyana: 800,000 inhabitants;Guyanese Population density: 3.65 inhabitants / square kilometers;
50% of the population are Indo-Guyanese (originally from India);
40% of the population has an African origin (African Diaspora ).
Official language of Guyana: English Local languages:
Caribbean, Guyana Creole;
Spanish and Portuguese are widely used.
Abolition of Slavery in Guyana: 1846;
Main rivers: Esequibo and Demerara;
Guyana's climate: equatorial-tropical;
First inhabitants of Guyana: Arahuacos and Caribes;
1594: Spanish colonization: 1594;
Control of Guyana by the Dutch and the English;
1831: British Guyana;
Guyana became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966;
Official name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana;
Government Type: Semi-Presidential Republic;
Guyana belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations (Queen: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom).
Main religions in Guyana:
Christianity :
57 % of the Guyanese population;
Hinduism :
24% of the Guyanese population;
Islam :
7% of the Guyanese population.
Guyana belongs to the:
Caribbean Economic Area of the Western Civilization ;
Economic Area of the Hindu Civilization ;
Economic Area of the Islamic Civilization .
Economy
Guyanese Economy .
Guyanese GDP: 6,093 million dollars;
GDP per capita of Guyana: 7,919 Dollars;
2007: the Inter-American Development Bank forgave Guyana's debt ;
The main Guyanese economic activity is the agriculture : rice,
vegetables, tubers, citrus, coconut;
Aluminum industry, based on the important bauxite deposits;
Diamond, gold and manganese deposits;
Guyana has important forest resources (woods);
Budding textile industry;
Guyanese currency: the Guyanese dollar (GYD);
Country code top-level domain of Guyana: .gy.
Foreign Trade
Guyanese Foreign Trade
Guyana's main exports are: sugar (28% of exports), cocoa,
coffee, gold, bauxite, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, wood, citrus.Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is one of the largest companies
in Guyana, exports sugar;
Important shrimp export.
Guyana's main imports are: manufactured goods, machinery, oil and food;
Main trading partners : Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom,
Portugal, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Cuba, Singapore, Japan, Brazil and Suriname;
Agreement with Venezuela for oil importation (PetroCaribbean).
International Transport and Logistics in Guyana:
Main seaport : Port
of Cayenne, on the Demerara River estuary (navigable);
River ports at Essequivo, Everton, Port Kaituma and New Amsterdam-Lindem;
7,970 kilometers of roads (590 kilometers are paved)Driving on the left.
187 kilometers of railway lines ;
Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
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