WASDE: all-rice imports raised to 23.0 million cwt
Global 2014/15 rice supply and use projections are lowered from last month. Thailand’s 2014/15 rice crop is lowered 1.0 million tons to 19.5 million due to a reduction in dry-season plantings resulting from an on-going drought and a reduction in irrigation water availability concentrated in ...
AgWeb.com News Staff
http://www.agweb.com/article/wasde-all-rice-imports-raised-to-230-million-cwt-NAA-agwebcom-editors/
Gov’t calls for lower fuel prices
The government yesterday asked fuel retailers to lower petroleum prices, so as to reflect the drop in global prices in the last few months.At a meeting chaired by Chhoun Dara, a secretary of state at the Commerce Ministry, oil companies were given a week to ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-calls-lower-fuel-prices
Announcement on the temporary suspension of all KTV and cinema across the country
On 17 March 2020, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the suspension of KTV and movie theaters across the country in the context of the global epidemic of COVID-19 ...
Ministry of Health
Australia providing $24 million for Indo-Pacific fight against infectious diseases
Australia will set aside $24 million of its investment in The Global Fund to directly support countries in the Indo-Pacific region, including Cambodia, to fight against infectious diseases. ...
Kingdom’s bicycle exports top $500M
Cambodia exported bicycles worth approximately $527 million to international markets last year, up 27 percent from 2019. This establishes Cambodia as the No1 country in ASEAN and No5 globally for bicycle exports, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-bicycle-exports-top-500m
Gov’t plans non-garment industrial export expansion
The government plans to boost non-garment manufacturing exports this year on the back of strong market demand as the availability of viable Covid-19 vaccines jumpstarts a global economy hungry for recovery. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-plans-non-garment-industrial-export-expansion
Agricultural exports up 46 percent in first nine months
Some 3,894,485 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first nine months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945748/agricultural-exports-up-46-percent-in-first-nine-months/
Port operator, Pestech book decent business performance
Two locally-listed firms on October 8 reported recoveries in business performance this year thanks to improvements across regional and global economies as they emerge from the Covid-19 health crisis. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-operator-pestech-book-decent-business-performance
Cambodia’s agricultural exports up over 47 percent in first 10 months
Some 4,221,153 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first ten months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963305/cambodias-agricultural-exports-up-over-47-percent-in-first-10-months/
PM pushes multilateralism to partners at Asia-Europe meet
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged the leaders of Asian and European countries to further strengthen the Asia-Europe partnership to maintain a solid multilateralism that will lead to sustainable global growth and sharing. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-pushes-multilateralism-partners-asia-europe-meet
Cambodia-based Oriental Bank, BPC partner for digital banking
Oriental Bank, a new bank in Cambodia with a digital-first strategy, has announced that it has chosen global payment provider BPC to power its digital banking experiences. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501033250/cambodia-based-oriental-bank-bpc-partner-for-digital-banking/
US buys 30% of 2021 textile exports
A whopping 30 per cent of Cambodian exports of textile-related products in 2021 went to the US, outstripping many major buyers, despite the global battle against Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on March 7. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-buys-30-2021-textile-exports
Cambodia calls for strengthening ASEAN’s solidarity
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said here on Tuesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to strengthen its centrality, unity, and solidarity to address key challenges for the sake of regional and global peace, security, and sustainable development. Cambodia is the chair ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501085856/cambodia-calls-for-strengthening-aseans-solidarity/
Increased loan access for SMEs
Three private institutions have come together to provide loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to boost financial access for the business expansion and sustainability amid the global economic downturn. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/increased-loan-access-smes
Inflation to peak this year before showing signs of decline
The International Monetary fund has predicted inflation in Cambodia will peak this year due to global pressures, weakened export orders, and a slowing real estate market, before falling from 2023 onwards. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/inflation-to-peak-this-year-before-showing-signs-of-decline
Healthy public food procurement and service policies
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report reveals the heavy global burden of hunger and malnutrition in all its forms. The lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic — along with disruption to the food supply caused by intensified conflict and ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501114669/healthy-public-food-procurement-and-service-policies/
PM Hun Sen re-appeals to people not to panic over international banking institutions’ warning
Prime Minister Hun Sen has once again called on the people not to panic over the recent warning of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank over the risks of a global recession. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501265570/pm-hun-sen-re-appeals-to-people-not-to-panic-over-international-banking-institutions-warning/
Cambodia-ASEAN mull revising tariff to monitor trade flow
Cambodia along with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are considering revising the customs tariff regulations aimed at updating the product code to strengthen the efficiency of monitoring trade activities globally. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501575234/cambodia-asean-mull-revising-tariff-to-monitor-trade-flow/
Covid-19: A global approach to protecting garment workers in supply chains as Cambodia faces up to 500,000 job losses
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716165/covid-19-a-global-approach-to-protecting-garment-workers-in-supply-chains-as-cambodia-faces-up-to-500000-job-losses/
Bavet governor did it, shooting victim says
One of three women shot during a protest outside the Kaoway Sports factory in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town on February 20 accused deposed town governor Chhouk Bandith of the crime yesterday, but told a judge she hadn’t been sure until seeing a media report ...