 Even so, Guyana fell 35,000 tons short of filling the quota in 1989 and 13,000 tons short in 1990.The government of Guyana restructured the sugar industry in the mid-1980s to restore its profitability.The area dedicated to sugar production was reduced from 50,000 hectares to under 40,000 hectares, and two of ten sugarcane-processing mills were closed.