guyana

GUYANA

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Guyana
  2. CAPITAL: Georgetown
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 5.4%
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Anna Regina, Bartica, Skeldon, Rosignol, Mahaica Village, Mahdia, Parika, Vreed-en-Hoop, and Mahaicony Village.
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Eugene F. Correia International Airport (OGL), and Kaieteur International Airport.
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: Bartica Sea Port, Essequibo River Sea Port, Georgetown Sea Port, Kaituma Sea Port, Linden Sea Port, and New Amsterdam Sea Port.
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: No railways that are operating in the 21th century. The main roads in Guyana are: the Essequibo Coast Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Corentyne Highway, and East Coast Demerara and West Coast Berbice Roads.
  8. EXPORT GOODS: Guyana's main exports include sugar, rice, gold, bauxite, rum, timber and alumina.
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: Major export destinations for Guyanese products include Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal.
  10. IMPORT GOODS: Guyana main imports are: fuel, food, manufactures and machinery.
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: Main import partners are: United States (21 percent of total imports), Trinidad and Tobago (20 percent), China (8 percent), South Africa (8 percent) and Cuba (6 percent).