MAFF crafting ‘safe food production’ plan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) along with relevant stakeholders are jointly working towards envisaging a safe food production plan for national and international markets, said a senior official for MAFF on Monday. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501522554/maff-crafting-safe-food-production-plan/
Phnom Penh Bans Cambodia Opposition’s Thumbprint Campaign
Authorities in Phnom Penh on Wednesday banned Cambodia’s opposition party from using public spaces to collect thumbprints for a petition calling for U.N. and foreign intervention in the country’s political crisis following disputed polls. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to collect at least 3 million ...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/petition-10092013174335.html
SBC Bank Signs JCB Card Issuance MOU in Cambodia
Singapore Banking Corporation Ltd. (SBC Bank), a leading commercial bank in Cambodia, signed a memorandum of understanding with JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, for the issuance of JCB cards in Cambodia. A ceremony to commemorate the milestone moment was held ...
The Cambodia Herald
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YWI4OTU3NmNkYmR#sthash.uvnJElMQ.dpuf
EU Parliamentarian Finds Abuses Fueled by Trade Scheme
Sugar plantations that benefit from the European Union’s Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, which allows preferential access to the E.U.’s market, have further impoverished Cambodia’s poor, and an investigation needs to be launched, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) said on Friday. Patrice Tirolien, MEP ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-parliamentarian-finds-abuses-fueled-by-trade-scheme-51188/
More competition from Thai millers
Thai government proposals to pay above market prices to rice farmers could complicate Cambodia’s goal of becoming a major milled rice exporter, according to industry insiders. Pheu Thai party leader Yingluck Shinawatra has announced plans to buy rough rice for a guaranteed price of 15,000 ...
Issues Remain as Union Law Enters Final Phase
As the creation of Cambodia’s first law on trade unions enters a final phase this week, labor activists and unions said the draft law as it stands is in urgent need of revision, as it would cripple unions and severely undermine collective bargaining rights. They ...
Lost Opportunities as Cambodian Labor Goes Abroad: Advocate
Even with an improved domestic job market, many Cambodian workers are seeking jobs overseas, despite the risks. This is mainly due to the government’s failure to get the word out, Moeun Tola, a labor advocate at the Community Legal Education Center, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “We see ...
Japan building Mekong supply chain
Greater connectivity between Japan and Cambodia is tightening economic links between the two countries while catalysing Japan’s ambitions to develop a chain of industrial complexes that cut a tract through the Lower Mekong region. Officials at Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), Japan’s development agency, say ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-building-mekong-supply-chain
Building homes for underserved communities
Despite recent announcements of large development projects throughout Cambodia focusing on so-called “affordable housing” for the emerging middle class, there remains a massive gap in the market for quality affordable housing for the poor; especially the urban poor as more rural Cambodians flock to cities ...
James Whitehead
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/building-homes-underserved-communities
Kep real estate comes of age
When Dan Kreis, founder, owner and operator of Kep Lodge Eco-Resort, arrived in Kep for the first time in 2005, he found only a handful of locally-owned guesthouses, less than 10 foreign residents, no supermarket, no electricity, no local bar, a coastline littered with little ...
James Whitehead
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/kep-real-estate-comes-age
Kampot pepper strong, rivals struggle
Kampot pepper sales both locally and internationally have continued to be strong since gaining coveted geographical indication (GI) status from the European Union in February, while domestic pepper competitors have complained of falling prices, industry figures said yesterday. Kampot Pepper Promotion Association president, Nguon Lay, told ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30743/kampot-pepper-strong--rivals-struggle/
Gov’t and private sector to discuss solar home system guidelines
The Ministry of Mines and Energy and several local solar companies will meet today for a consultative workshop on guidelines for solar home systems (SHS). The workshop aims to gather market data, analyse examples of good practice in the industry and discuss the challenges experienced ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50664003/govt-and-private-sector-to-discuss-solar-home-system-guidelines/
SCG vows Asean coverage
Siam Cement Group (SCG), the country’s top industrial conglomerate, says its logistics unit will cover Asean and southern China within five years, partly through mergers and acquisitions. Kan Trakulhoon, the president and chief executive, said the expansion will accommodate growing regional trade under the Asean Economic ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/308580/scg-vows-asean-coverage
Latex exports rise, revenues fall
Cambodia’s total rubber latex exports rose by 12 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to new figures. However, revenues from the exports saw a dramatic 27 per cent decrease due to a fall in rubber prices in the international market, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012112959998/Business/latex-exports-rise-revenues-fall.html
No foreign carriers for domestic air travel in Cambodia
The government will not allow international airlines to establish domestic services in Cambodia, and the country’s domestic air travel industry is not being monopolised, says an industry leader. These two points were made by Tek Reth Samrach, state secretary of the Council of Ministers, in response ...
Thais to set up maize plant
THAI agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods is setting up a new silo and drying plant for maize in Pailin province. The exact investment cost is not known. According to a newspaper report in The Nation, the plant, together with a planned feed-meal plant in Laos, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561742/Business/thais-to-set-up-maize-plant.html
Rice exports at a flying pace
Cambodia milled rice exports reached 49,815 tonnes in the first two months of this year, an increase of 106 per cent from the same period last year. Jasmine rice was the biggest part of the exports, followed by long grain white rice, data from the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030561743/Business/rice-exports-at-a-flying-pace.html
Mining Firm With Local Licenses Sees Investment
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest investment firm, has purchased a multi-million dollar stake in a mining firm with a gold exploration licenses in Cambodia. Stephen Promnitz, CEO of Indochine Mining, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and holds a gold exploration license in Kratie ...
Cambodia's rubber exports up 17 pct, revenues down 21 pct in 2012
Cambodia recorded a 17 percent rise in rubber latex exports in 2012; however, the revenues from the exports went down by 21 percent due to declining rubber prices in the international market, the government’s statistics showed Friday. The country had exported 54,530 tons of rubber latex ...
Second-hand, first in imports
Cambodia imported almost 10 times as many used clothes as new ones in the first 11 months of last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Some 79,217 tonnes of used garments worth $61.5 million were brought in during that period, compared ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030461731/Business/second-hand-first-in-imports.html