Cambodia-US trade recovery underway, with export growth
Cambodia-US trade during the first nine months of 2023 reached $7.08 billion, marking a 3% dip from the $7.3 billion in the corresponding period of 2022, as per the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-us-trade-recovery-underway-export-growth
Cambodia’s exports to S’pore rise by 555% in Jan-Aug
Cambodia’s exports to Singapore rose by an impressive 554.8 percent in the January to August period this year compared to the same period in 2022 – from $72.83 million to $476.90 million. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359846/cambodias-exports-to-spore-rise-by-555-in-jan-aug/
Cambodia’s exports to S’pore rise by 555% in Jan-Aug
Cambodia’s exports to Singapore rose by an impressive 554.8 percent in the January to August period this year compared to the same period in 2022 – from $72.83 million to $476.90 million. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359846/cambodias-exports-to-spore-rise-by-555-in-jan-aug/
Southeast Asia visitors backing Cambodian tourism industry
Cambodia welcomed 217,038 visitors from Southeast Asia from January to May of 2022, signifying a 282 per cent jump year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism said, while noting that nearly 50 per cent of the figure arrived from Vietnam. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/southeast-asia-visitors-backing-cambodian-tourism-industry
Special number plates net $82M in six years
In six years, from September 2016 to September 2022, Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport managed to sell 225,171 special and personalized car registration number plates earning $82,418,125. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501173215/special-number-plates-net-82m-in-six-years/
GDP growth to shrink to 4.9% as poverty rate inches up
Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 is expected to decelerate to 4.9 percent from estimates of 5.4 percent made prior to the war in Ukraine, an assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) stated. ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/gdp-growth-to-shrink-to-49-as-poverty-rate-inches-up
Inflation rises to 7.4 percent
Inflation is expected to soar to 7.4 percent in Q2 2022, from 2.8 percent last year, raising fears that it will seriously impact the livelihoods of the country’s most vulnerable. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/inflation-rises-to-74-percent
ASEAN human rights meeting under way in Siem Reap
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR Cambodia) is hosting the second Special Meeting 2022 of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and related meetings to discuss several issues, including environmental challenges and human rights in ASEAN. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-human-rights-meeting-under-way-siem-reap
Investments in Kingdom rise by 7 percent in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, the number of projects approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia reached 47, an increase of 6.8 percent and the total investment touched $2,520.6 million, an increase of 14.2 percent over the same period in 2021, according ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501102954/investments-in-kingdom-rise-by-7-percent-in-q1/
Cambodia’s famed Angkor registers 20-fold increase in int’l tourist arrivals in first 9 months
Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 134,152 foreign tourists in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 2,075 percent compared to the same period last year, said a press statement on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161488/cambodias-famed-angkor-registers-20-fold-increase-in-intl-tourist-arrivals-in-first-9-months/
NEC updates voter list for National Election
After updating the voter list for the 2023 National Election, the National Election Committee (NEC) has erased 104,956 names from the 2022 voter list, while new registrations on the list are estimated at 409,056 ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161091/nec-updates-voter-list-for-national-election/
Jan-Aug iron, steel imports up 20% on-year
Cambodia imported $244.754 million worth of “iron and steel” in the first eight months of 2022, up 19.97 per cent from the $204.018 million recorded over the same time in 2021, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-aug-iron-steel-imports-20-year
Sihanoukville SEZ exports $1.3b in six months
Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone’s (SSEZ) exports were worth $1.3 billion during the first half of 2022, marking a year-on-year increase of almost 40 percent, according to the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training. ...
Penh Chamroeun
https://kiripost.com/stories/sihanoukville-sez-exports-13b-in-six-months
SSEZ imports, exports surpass $1.7B in January-August
The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $1.749 billion in the first eight months of 2022, marking a 27.39 per cent rise year-on-year from $1.373 billion, according to the operator. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-imports-exports-surpass-17b-january-august
Cambodia earns $3 billion from agricultural products exports in first 10 months
Cambodia exported 7.62 million tons of agricultural products in the first 10 months of 2022, earning $3.07 billion in revenue, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501187892/cambodia-earns-3-billion-from-agricultural-products-exports-in-first-10-months/
Commerce ministry, PTT gas stations collaborate on project
The General Department of Trade Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce has cooperated with PTT Cambodia Ltd on a project to boost Khmer product sales at PTT gas stations in the capital and 15 provinces after the project was successfully implemented in 2022. ...
Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-ptt-gas-stations-collaborate-project
Phnom Penh proposed for RCEP Secretariat
Officials have suggested that the 14 partner signatories to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) establish a trade secretariat in Phnom Penh. The agreement, which aims to boost economic development, came into force at the beginning of 2022. ...
Rann Reuy
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-proposed-rcep-secretariat
GDT collects over $300M in taxes for January
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $300.59 million in tax revenue last month, or about 8.42 per cent of the $3.57170 billion target set in the 2023 Law on Financial Management, marking a 4.29 per cent increase over January 2022. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-collects-over-300m-taxes-january
Agri-exports to Vietnam boom nearly five-fold in past 3 years
Cambodia has emerged as a major exporter of agricultural products to Vietnam in the past couple of years, registering a January-October 2022 total of $2.429 billion, according to the state-run Vietnamnet newspaper. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-vietnam-boom-nearly-five-fold-past-3-years
Angkor Archaeological Park earned $11.5 million last year
Indicating a renewed interest in travelling, the famous UNESCO World Heritage Centre Angkor Archaeological Park, attracted 287,454 foreign tourists in 2022 and earned $11.5 million last year, the state-owned Angkor Enterprise said in a statement. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215023/angkor-archaeological-park-earned-11-5-million-last-year/