GDCE officers warned against ‘informal’ fees
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has issued a set of guidelines on September 20 to its officers, including contract staff, to carry out public service provisions responsibly and strictly adhere to administrative working hours in order to strengthen its effectiveness. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdce-officers-warned-against-informal-fees
Cambodia’s garment, footwear, travel goods exports up 40 pct in H1 of 2022
Cambodia’s garment, footwear and travel goods industry has seen a 40-percent rise in exports in the first half of this year, according to a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501123902/cambodias-garment-footwear-travel-goods-exports-up-40-pct-in-h1-of-2022/
Cambodia-China bilateral trade reaches almost $7 billion in first seven months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and China was amounted to $6,971 million in the first seven months of 2022, up 15.6 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501135128/cambodia-china-bilateral-trade-reaches-almost-7-billion-in-first-seven-months/
Vietnam steps up trade promotion in Cambodia
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia in coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Asia–Africa Market Department held a trade forum in Phnom Penh on June 7, which brought together more than 100 businesses of the two countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501304682/vietnam-steps-up-trade-promotion-in-cambodia/
Cambodian exports to Vietnam surge by nearly a quarter to $1.3B
Cambodia’s goods exports to Vietnam reached $1.324 billion in the first five months of 2023, up 22.69 per cent year-on-year from $1.079 billion and up 83.92 per cent half-on-half from $719.79 million, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-exports-vietnam-surge-nearly-quarter-13b
Cambodian exports to Canada up 17% in 2022
The Cambodia-Canada merchandise trade in 2022 was valued at $1.154 billion, soaring by 16.06 per cent over 2021, while the Kingdom’s exports to the second largest economy of the Americas accounted for 97.07 per cent, edging up by 1.08 percentage points on-year, according to the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-exports-canada-17-2022
Almost half a million undocumented Cambodian workers worldwide
There are almost half a million undocumented Cambodian migrant workers worldwide seeking better pay, as of 2022, according to an estimate by a local NGO. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/almost-half-a-million-undocumented-cambodian-workers-worldwide
Authorities aided alleged union-busting at Puma-supplying factory
In October 2022, Bora believed forming a union at his Takeo province shoe factory would help him and his colleagues gain better benefits. ...
Jack Brook, Sovann Sreypich, and Phin Rathana
https://cambojanews.com/authorities-aid-alleged-union-busting-at-puma-supplying-factory/
Cambodia-India trade reaches $37M in January
In January 2023, the bilateral trade between Cambodia and India amounted to $37 million, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise’s report. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243610/cambodia-india-trade-reaches-37m-in-january/
Govt continues to assist poor families amid rising living costs
The Phnom Penh Department of Social Affairs confirmed there are 21,148 families in Phnom Penh who are in need of financial support due to rising costs and they will be interviewed to receive a subsidy from the government. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321905/govt-continues-to-assist-poor-families-amid-rising-living-costs/
SERC program allows creation of investor, trading accounts
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SERC) last week formally rolled out an online program simultaneously allowing interested individuals to open investor accounts with the government agency and set up trading accounts with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), according to CSX market operations director ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/serc-program-allows-creation-investor-trading-accounts
SERC, CSX launch online trading account opening
Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) and Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) signed an agreement yesterday introducing the API (Application programming interface) linkage for registering investor ID online and opening trading accounts online. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501381930/serc-csx-launch-online-trading-account-opening/
Cambodia’s exports to Indonesia jump 112 percent
Cambodia’s exports to Indonesia and India rose the most in the January to November 2023 period, by 111.7 percent and 55.1 percent respectively, compared to the same period in 2022. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501415859/cambodias-exports-to-indonesia-jump-112-percent/
US lead purchaser of Cambodian goods in January
The US emerged as the leading buyer of Cambodian exports in the first month of 2024, with purchases nearing $630 million, approximately a third of the country’s total exports to the global market, as reported by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/us-lead-purchaser-of-cambodian-goods-in-january
Bilateral trade with Thailand nearly $342M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $341.8 million in the first month of 2024, marking a slight increase of 0.2% over the same period last year, as reported by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-with-thailand-nearly-342m
SERC to strengthen Cambodia’s derivatives market with IFC help
The Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to bolster the development of Cambodia’s derivatives market. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493215/serc-to-strengthen-cambodias-derivatives-market-with-ifc-help/
Import tax debate sparks furore in Tbong Khmum
Vendors in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district are waiting for the return of hundreds of new and used mobile phones which were seized by local customs officials last week. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/import-tax-debate-sparks-furore-in-tbong-khmum
Cambodia records trade surplus with Vietnam
Cambodia has recorded a trade surplus with Vietnam in the first five months of 2024, making Vietnam the second biggest market for Cambodia’s products after the US. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501505080/cambodia-records-trade-surplus-with-vietnam/
$16-million condo project in BKK1
Construction workers broke ground yesterday in Boeung Keng Kang I at the site of a $16 million dollar condominium project partially funded by Malaysia’s Chip Hock Realty and Development. This project gets off the ground as foreign investment in the Kingdom sees increased growth. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26065/-16-million-condo-project-in-bkk1/
Government tells telcos off
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued warning letters to mobile operators Beeline and Smart over their recent advertisement, stating it violates the Inter-Ministerial Prakas, or edict, signed in 2009. The separate letters, obtained by the Post last week, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040864932/Business/government-tells-telcos-off.html