Mitwah posted:Zed posted:.6. Even if we produce a certain product do we have a comparative advantage in producing that product?
Mr. Zed I see another poster mentioned that Guyana imports Mango Juice from Barbados and Coconut Water from Antigua. I remember in the 70's Ice Cream was produced locally. Is there a shortage of milk and sugar the main ingredients? Is there a shortage of Guava and sugar that Guava jam is imported?
Apparently Trinidadians buy raw coconuts from Guyana, process it and thene resell it to Guyanese. Druggie loves this strategy and thinks that it makes excellent business sense. He then wails that Guyanese with education must migrate because they cannot find work in Guyana.
If Guyanese pick coconuts and Trinidadians process them, brand them, market them and get more value added then clearly Trinidad will offer more opportunities for ambitious Guyanese than Guyana itself.
Trinidadian business people are more innovative and risk oriented than their Guyanese counterparts. I can say the same for Jamaicans. Interestingly enough even the stick in the mud conservative Bajans are also ahead. Guyanese slurp down Bajan fruit juices when 40 years ago we exported them to Barbados.
Druggie then screams that Guyanese will prefer a Bajan product or a T&T product ahead of their own. Not likely.