Foreign visitors to Cambodia decrease by 94 pct in Q1
Cambodia received 70,901 international visitors in the January-March quarter (Q1) of 2021, down 94 percent from 1.15 million in the same period of last year, the Tourism Ministry said in a report released on Thursday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50856597/foreign-visitors-to-cambodia-decrease-by-94-pct-in-q1/
Tax revenue surpasses $1.9B
The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.90927 billion in taxes in the first eight months of 2021, down by $151.3 million or 10.60 per cent from the same period last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-surpasses-19b
Cassava exports up nearly 22.1%
The Kingdom exported 2,793,729.92 tonnes of cassava in 2021, up by nearly 22.1 per cent from a year earlier, as industry players note that domestic wholesale prices of the tubers remain elevated compared with average 2020 rates. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cassava-exports-nearly-221
1.4GW Stung Treng hydropower dam okayed in principle
The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/14gw-stung-treng-hydropower-dam-okayed-principle
Q1 Hungary trade reaches $2.23M
Cambodia and Hungary on May 27 reaffirmed their vows to strengthen and further develop economic and trade cooperation after a reported dip in trade last year pinned on the global Covid-19 crisis. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/q1-hungary-trade-reaches-223m
Cambodia’s international trade declines 14.1%
Cambodia’s international trade stood at $15.16 billion for January to April this year, a decline of 14.1 percent, compared to the same period last year, according to the trade data released by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) yesterday. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288366/cambodias-international-trade-declines-14-1/
Over 1.1 million Internal Tourists went on holiday during the four-days Khmer New Year
More than 1.16 million internal tourists went on holidays in various provinces during the four-days Khmer New Year from August 17-20, according to the data from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Japan to give B1.3 bn vaccine aid to Cambodia, Thailand and 23 other Asian nations
Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822804/japan-to-give-b1-3-bn-vaccine-aid-to-cambodia-thailand-and-23-other-asian-nations/
Cambodia’s largest port reports US$14-M revenues, + 14% in 1st 5 months of Y 2012
Cambodia’s largest Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) Saturday reported that it earned the total revenues of about US$14-M in the 1st 5 months of this year, + 14 rise from US$12.3-M at the same period last year. Goods exported through the port are mostly garment products and ...
Cambodia Health Ministry Reports Two More Human H5N1 Cases, Brings Total To 26 This Year
The Cambodian Ministry of Heath (MOH) reported today the confirmation of two additional of human H5N1 avian influenza cases, the 25th and 26th cases of 2013, according to a Joint Press Release from the MOH and the World Health Organization (WHO) dated Nov. 14. According to ...
Robert Herriman
http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/cambodia-health-ministry-reports-two-more-human-h5n1-cases-brings-total-to-26-this-year-13599/
Customs duty cuts set for Jan 1
The government has decided to slash customs tariff rates and special tariffs on some imported goods and raw materials in a bid to lift investor sentiment out of the Covid-19 doldrums. Prime Minister Hun Sen on December signed a sub-decree to this end, which will go ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-duty-cuts-set-jan-1
Bird flu outbreak kills 1,300 chickens
An outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in Battambang province’s Ek Phnom district has killed around 1,300 chickens from one location, officials said. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50803077/bird-flu-outbreak-kills-1300-chickens/
FDI inflows drop 1% to $3.5B
The value of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Kingdom registered a slight fall in 2020 amid a much sharper contraction among non-banking sectors and uncertainty over the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, but inflows into the financial sector remained strong. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fdi-inflows-drop-1-35b
Cambodian customs department nets $1.52 billion in eight months
The General Department of Customs and Excise earned $1.5 billion as revenue in the first eight months this year, representing 64.2 percent of yearly plan. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50934455/cambodian-customs-department-nets-1-52-billion-in-eight-months/
SSEZ’s Q1 imports, exports rise 51%
The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $710 million in the first three months of 2022, marking a 50.74 per cent rise year-on-year from $471 million, the operator said in a statement on April 23. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssezs-q1-imports-exports-rise-51
Tax income collection rises by 22 percent in Q1
The General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economy and Finance collected $1,263 million as tax income from the first three months of this year, a 22 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060747/tax-income-collection-rises-by-22-percent-in-q1/
1st EV charging unit set for public
Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd, the local manager of the Caltex petroleum brand, on April 26 launched the Kingdom’s first publicly-available electric vehicle (EV) charging point, along with the southern Phnom Penh filling station where it is located. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/1st-ev-charging-unit-set-public
PPWSA profits fall as water lines to gov’t facilities rise in Q1
The number of water connections in government buildings has risen by 12.54% to 878 in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of last year, while the profit of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has fallen slightly by 1.56% to ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094254/ppwsa-profits-fall-as-water-lines-to-govt-facilities-rise-in-q1/
Covid impact 1,200 tourism firms closed, 22,000 jobs lost
Nearly 1,200 establishments in the tourism industry were closed and almost 22,000 direct jobs have been lost as of May this year due to the Covid-19 in Cambodia, according to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501101471/covid-impact-1200-tourism-firms-closed-22000-jobs-lost/
Cambodia 2022 first half customs income at $1.2 billion
The General Department of Customs and Excise earned $1,293 million in customs income in the first half of this year, representing 50.1 percent of the financial plan for 2022. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501108599/cambodia-2022-first-half-customs-income-at-1-2-billion/