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June 2013

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in June 1967.
Number of Residents:
Number of Japanese nationals residing in Guyana: 12 (October 2011)
Number of Guyanese nationals residing in Japan: 10 (December 2011)
Trade with Japan (2012):
Export: 940 million yen (aluminum ore, spirits, timber)
Import: 4,350 million yen (automobiles, general machinery, motors)
Japan's Economic Cooperation:
List of Exchange of Notes
ODA Loans: 0 (cumulative total as of 2011)
Grants: 13.73 billion yen (cumulative total as of 2011)
Technical Cooperation: 1.4 billion yen (cumulative total as of 2011)

VIP Visits

From Guyana to Japan
Year Name
1973 The Caribbean and the North Andes economy mission
1976 The Caribbean economy study mission
1989 House of Representative Member Tokuo Yamashita
2005 Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan
From Guyana to Japan
Year Name
1975 Prime Minister Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
1979 Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson
Minister of Labour, Housing, Health and Welfare Green
1985 Minister of Finance Greenwich
1988 Minister of Agriculture Mackenzie
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson
Minister of Finance Greenwich
1990 President Hugh Desmond Hoyte
1991 Senior Minister of Finance Carl B. Greenidge
1993 Junior Minister of Finance Bharrat Jagdeo
1993 Prime Minister Samuel Hinds
2000 Minister of Foreign Affairs Clement James Rohee
2007 President Bharrat Jagdeo
2010 Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett

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