Japan-Guyana Relations (Basic Data) 
February 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 2010)
- Grants: 13.42 billion yen (cumulative total as of 2010)
- Technical Cooperation: 1,255 million yen (cumulative total as of 2010)
- Major donors (2009):
- (1) U.S.A (2) Canada (3) Japan (4)U.K. (5) Germany
Economy
- Major Industry:
- Agriculture (sugar, rice, rum), Mining (bauxite, gold), timber
- GNI:
- US$ 2,185 million (2010) (World Bank)
- GNI (per capita):
- US$ 2,900(2010) (World Bank)
- Economic Growth Rate:
- 4.4% (2010), 5.4% (2011, Preliminary figure) (ECLAC)
- Inflation Rate:
- 3.7% (2010), 5.0% (2011) (IMF, average consumer prices, percent change)
- Trade Balance (ECLAC 2011):
- Exports: US$ 1,129 million (Goods, f.o.b.)
- Imports: US$ 1,771 million (Goods, f.o.b.)
- Major Trading Items :
- Exports: gold, sugar, rice, bauxite, alumina, shrimp, timber, rum, molasses
- Imports: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, vehicles
- Major Trading Partners (2011) (WTO):
- Exports: U.S.A, E.U., Canada, Venezuela, Jamaica
- Imports: U.S.A., Trinidad and Tobago, E.U., China, Suriname
- Currency:
- Guyanese Dollar (GY$)
- Exchange Rate:
- US$ 1 = GY$ 204.49 (February 2013)
VIP Visits
- From Guyana to Japan
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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
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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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