1M rapid test kits touch down
The Ministry of Health purchased one million SD Biosensor Covid-19 rapid test kits from South Korea, with its shipment arriving in the Kingdom on Saturday through coordination by the Cambodian embassy there. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/1m-rapid-test-kits-touch-down
Volume of agriculture exports up 85% in H1
Cambodia exported 4,454,505.33 tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of this year, surging by 84.64 per cent year-on-year, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon on June 30. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/volume-agriculture-exports-85-h1
SSEZ handles $1.2B in goods
The value of imports and exports passing through the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) reached $1.185 billion in the first seven months of 2021, an increase of 44.51 per cent year-on-year, the operator reported. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-handles-12b-goods
Customs logs nearly $1.16B in first half 2021
The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) collected $1.1595 billion in revenue in the first half of 2021, down 8.9 percent year-on-year. ...
Thou Vireak
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-logs-nearly-116b-first-half-2021
Cambodia launches 1st B2B2C e-commerce platform
Cambodia on Thursday launched the country’s first business-to-business-to-customer (B2B2C) e-commerce platform, aiming to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sell their products to potential clients, said Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501050763/cambodia-launches-1st-b2b2c-e-commerce-platform/
PPSP revenue grows 153%, net loss narrows 26% in Q1
Public-listed special economic zone (SEZ) developer Phnom Penh SEZ Plc (PPSP) has reported a sharp increase in total revenue and lower net loss in the first quarter of 2022, a filing with Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) showed. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsp-revenue-grows-153-net-loss-narrows-26-q1
Tax collection surges 28 percent to $1,726 million
Cambodia collected $1,726 million in tax income in the January-May period this year, a 27.95% increase as compared to the same period last year, according to an official statement yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094545/tax-collection-surges-28-percent-to-1726-million/
Construction begins ‘soon’ on 1M sqm Kampong Cham SEZ
An unnamed special economic zone (SEZ) is set to break ground on a one-million square metre plot in Kampong Cham province’s Cheung Prey district “soon”, according to provincial governor Un Chanda. The governor revealed this to the media on January 9 on the sidelines of a ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-begins-soon-1m-sqm-kampong-cham-sez
Number of factories in Kingdom rises in H1
New factories were established in Cambodia in the first half of this year despite a decrease in exports of manufacturing products due to slow demand from main markets. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338601/number-of-factories-in-kingdom-rises-in-h1/
Cambodia exports to South Korea up 22% H1
Cambodia exported $111.35 million worth of merchandise to the Republic of Korea in the first half of this year, a 22 percent increase year-on-year, according to a report by the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501119197/cambodia-exports-to-south-korea-up-22-h1/
Kampot clocks in more than 12,000 tonnes of seafood yield in H1
Throughout the first half of 2022, fishermen across Kampot province harvested approximately more than 12,000 tonnes of freshwater and saltwater fish and crustaceans. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114704/kampot-clocks-in-more-than-12000-tonnes-of-seafood-yield-in-h1/
Vietnam spends $1 billion importing cashew nuts from Cambodia
Cambodia exported a total of 670,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts worth $1.07 billion last year to the international market, with 98.5 percent of its raw cashew nuts worth $1 billion being shipped to Vietnam. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501234910/vietnam-spends-1-billion-importing-cashew-nuts-from-cambodia/
33% rise in tax registrations Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) registered 3,566 new businesses in the first quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 33 percent, a report said yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501284689/33-rise-in-tax-registrations-q1/
Cambodia’s remittances rise to $1.25B
Remittances from Cambodian migrant workers increased from $1.15 billion in 2021 to $1.25 billion in 2022 and are the third highest in the Asean as a share of national GDP after those of the Philippines and Vietnam, according to a new report. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317625/cambodias-remittances-rise-to-1-25b/
GDT tax collection falls in Q1
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected taxes totalling $1.18 billion during the January-March period this year, down 11.9 percent from $1.34 billion collected in the first quarter of 2023. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493907/gdt-tax-collection-falls-in-q1/
CDC approves 190 new projects worth $3.2 billion investment in H1
From January to June 2024, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 190 new projects, production expansion projects, and special economic zone investment projects with a total investment of $3.2 billion and can create 168,572 jobs. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501518342/cdc-approves-190-new-projects-worth-3-2-billion-investment-in-h1/
Forest rangers seek 1,210 rifles after serious attacks
The Ministry of Environment sought permission from the Ministry of National Defence to arm municipal and provincial rangers with 1,210 rifles in response to one of its rangers being killed and two others critically assaulted while out on patrol in Mondulkiri and Kampong Thom provinces. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-rangers-seek-1210-rifles-after-serious-attacks
Garment, textile, footwear exports nearly $8B in Q1-Q3
Cambodia exported more than $7.97 billion worth of garment, textile and footwear (GTF) products in the first nine months of this year, up 13.18 per cent year-on-year from $7.044 billion, a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Customs and Excise ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/garment-textile-footwear-exports-nearly-8b-q1-q3
New Phnom Penh Airport cost estimated at $1.5 billion
Cambodia Airports and the Overseas Investment Corp (OCIC) have shown progress in discussions on the development of a new Phnom Penh International Airport which is expected to be finished next year. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50687604/new-international-travel-hub-seeks-development-cooperation
UN gives $1 million for migrant-worker support programme
The United Nations is providing $1 million for a joint programme with the government to provide support to returning migrant workers in three provinces. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/744697/un-gives-1-million-for-migrant-worker-support-programme/