Onetime only! Gov’t to allow scrap metal dealers to export stalled containers
Months after the Guyana Government had taken a decision to suspend the scrap metal trade, the administration has taken another decision to allow dealers to export some containers that have been stuck on the wharf since.
On June 15, 2015, the trade was indefinitely suspended as the Government moved to conduct a forensic audit on the Scrap Metal Unit at the former Ministry of Housing.
Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman at a post cabinet media briefing on December 16 reported that since then 42 containers of scrap metal have been stuck at a local wharf.
“Cabinet has therefore given, after consideration, its approval for the release of 42 containers for shipment out Guyana,” said the Minister.
He maintained that the decision not mean that the suspension of scrap metal trading has been lifted.
“This is a one of transaction and no way signals the resumption of the scrap metal trade,” said Trotman later adding that the “implications of a resumption of the trade will be examined” by Government.