Inspection guide for SMEs waits for funding
Due to a lack of funding, the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts has delayed publishing guidelines that are meant to increase clarity on inspection procedures for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/inspection-guide-smes-waits-funding
Gov’t prepares for mine standoff
Officials backed by a small detachment Of gendarmerie seconded from the National Military Police are preparing for potentially violent confrontations with security forces employed by illegal mining companies, an Official said yesterday. Meng Saktheara, a secretary Of state at the Ministry Of Mines and Energy, yesterday ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-prepares-mine-standoff
Ratanakkiri site of informal mining boom: official
Thousands of locals and migrant workers are engaged in illegal mining in Ratanakkiri province, a senior official with the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday. Having returned on Tuesday from an official inspection tour of the province, Meng Saktheara, a secretary of state at the ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-site-informal-mining-boom-official
Military police to join in mining crackdown
More than 600 military police will be sent as reinforcements all over Cambodia today to aid the National Police, Ministry of Mines and Energy authorities and court officials as they inspect and crack down on illegal mining in the Kingdom. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/military-police-join-mining-crackdown
Mining prospects ranked low
An index measuring countries on their attractiveness for mining investment has included Cambodia in its results for the first time, with the Kingdom ranking a relatively low 81 out of 122 due to a lack of obvious sites to exploit. The “attractiveness index”, conducted by the ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mining-prospects-ranked-low
Campaign launch: New ‘River Guard’ busts dredgers
Inspectors from the Energy Ministry busted two unlicensed sand dredgers operating on a stretch of river close to Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace, in the first action of a new campaign to protect Cambodia’s rivers. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/campaign-launch-new-river-guard-busts-dredgers
Energy Ministry to decentralise licensing miners
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has decided to decentralise the process for small-scale miners and dredgers to obtain licences, with the government now permitting provincial authorities to directly issue licences to operators without ministerial oversight. Speaking at a meeting on the new measures, Dith Tina, ...
Taing Vida and Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/energy-ministry-decentralise-licensing-miners
Minister called over SR statues
The National Assembly’s Seventh Commission is to summon the minister of cult and religion for questioning regarding “illegal” religious statues erected last week and subsequently destroyed by authorities in Siem Reap’s Svay Leu district. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-called-over-sr-statues/
Police seek official, VN nationals over mine
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province are searching for four Vietnamese nationals and a local official who were discovered to be operating an illegal gold mine in an area allotted to an Australian exploration firm. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-seek-official-vn-nationals-over-mine
Garment, footwear, and travel goods exports valued at $9.3 billion
Cambodia exported garments, footwear and travel goods worth $9.35 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692028/garment-footwear-and-travel-goods-exports-valued-at-9-3-billion
Press statement of the permanent mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office at Geneva in response to the news release of special rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression
On 10 July 2020, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN office at Geneva made a response to the news release of Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression. The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom ...
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office at Geneva
Prolonged VAT exemptions to benefit farmers
As revenues have soared, the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has opted not to impose new value-added taxes (VAT) on select agricultural equipment in policies set to take effect on January 1, next year. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prolonged-vat-exemptions-benefit-farmers
Cambodia adopts ASEAN service for customs clearance
Cambodian importers and exporters can now apply for ASEAN Customs Declaration Documents (ACDD) electronically through the ASEAN Single Window (ASW), the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) said on December 24. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-adopts-asean-service-customs-clearance
Japan to assist in Cambodian customs clearance automation
The Japanese government will assist the Cambodian General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) in setting up an automated customs clearance system that will speed up cargo clearance time, alleviating congestion problems that slow the process. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804464/japan-to-assist-in-cambodian-customs-clearance-automation/
Announcement on the adjustment of the special tax rate on some certain cars
On 16 February 2021, the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia released an announcement on the adjustment of the reduction of the special tax rate for some certain cars that will come into effect from 01 March 2021 onwards. ...
General Department of Customs and Excise
Special tariffs cut to boost auto sales
From early next month, the special tariffs on imported family vehicles will be reduced by 10 to 25 percent according to engine size, according to an announcement from the General Department of Custom and Excise. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50816772/special-tariffs-cut-to-boost-auto-sales/
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
Study set to pinpoint trade flow bottlenecks at ports
The results of a crucial ongoing study will enable Cambodia to set out a framework of strategies to enhance the efficiency of the trade facilitation environment and the Kingdom’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) director-general Kun ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-set-pinpoint-trade-flow-bottlenecks-ports
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/
Customs collected nearly $600 million in revenue in the first quarter of this year
The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (ACC) collected 2,428.6 billion Riels, equivalent to $597.6 million or approximately 23.2percent of the plan set by the Financial Law for 2022 management. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059681/customs-collected-nearly-600-million-in-revenue-in-the-first-quarter-of-this-year/