Economy and commerce

Despite an increasingly unstable global situation and the fact that economic growth in 2025 has not been particularly robust, Cambodian international trade has shown no signs of decline. Instead, it reached a total value of more than $65 billion, increasing by nearly 20% over 2024. ...

Following the arrest of its founder Chen Zhi, Prince Bank has been suspended from providing new banking services, including accepting deposits and granting loans. Morisonkak MKA Audit-Accounting Co., Ltd. has been authorised to control and manage all operations and assets of Prince Bank Plc. effective ...

Cambodia’s rice exports reached a record high in 2025, totalling more than 940,000 tonnes – an increase of nearly 50% compared to 2024 – while revenue from the sales exceeded $600 million. ...

Cambodia’s automotive tyre manufacturing and export sector continued to show strong momentum in 2025, with four related projects approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), representing a total capital investment of nearly $780 million. ...

The General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) has introduced an electronic system that allows importers to submit customs declarations in advance of their goods arriving in Cambodia, a move a logistics expert says will help foster a more favourable environment for companies currently engaged ...

Cambodia exported more than 1 million tonnes of raw cashew nuts to international markets in 2025, generating $1.5 billion in revenue – an increase of more than a quarter compared with 2024. Vietnam remains Cambodia’s largest market for raw cashew nuts. ...

Bombs and rockets continue to fly across the Cambodia-Thailand border, but the conflict reignited in December is also laying the groundwork for a prolonged economic shock in the communities most exposed to the fighting, local businesses, scholars and trade experts said. ...

Two factories are scheduled to commence production within the ISI Special Economic Zone (ISI SEZ) in the middle of the second quarter of 2026, while several other companies are currently studying the feasibility of establishing factories or enterprises there. ...

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) has published an open letter to the US embassy expressing urgent concern regarding Thai military statements that Thailand may designate Cambodian ports “high risk” and blockade shipments of fuel and other goods.​ ...

Investment projects approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia’s (CDC) Cambodian Investment Committee totalled more than 600 in the first 11 months of 2025 — an increase of nearly 60% compared to the same period in 2024. ...

Cambodia has taken a decisive step toward unlocking what could become its next major industrial gold operation, with the Ministry of Mines and Energy approving a new investment agreement with Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd for the long-awaited Memot gold project in Tbong Khmum province. ...

The listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported a significant increase in revenue in the first nine months of the year, underscoring a strong operational period for the port. Net profit for the first nine months of 2025 soared to $14.64 million, representing an impressive ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has issued a new Sub-Decree establishing special conditions for investment registration in the four Northeastern provinces, allowing projects with a minimum capital of $100,000 to qualify for incentives under the Special Programme to Promote Investment in the Four Northeastern Provinces ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday approved a $50 million policy-based loan to bolster Cambodia’s financial sector, with targeted support for banking and nonbanking institutions, digital finance infrastructure, and sustainable finance capabilities. ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) expects the Cambodian economy to expand by 5.2 percent in 2025, driven by strong export activity, healthy domestic consumption, and a growing trend towards supporting local products. Looking ahead, growth in 2026 is forecast at 5 percent, according ...

Cambodia’s total import of diesel fuel, gasoline, and combustion gas was valued at $2.02 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 11.5 percent, said a Ministry of Commerce report on Friday. ...

The Royal Government and private sector Wednesday discussed and provided inputs to advance the Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF) mechanism with new standard operating procedures, the Preparation of a Data Management Information System (SOP and MIS), with the aim to enable the private sector to continue ...

Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (EU) totaled $4,215 million in the January-October period of 2025, up nearly 17.32 percent from $3,593 million in the same period last year, a report from the Ministry of Commerce showed yesterday. ...

Cambodia has secured a €47.5 million (approximately $55 million) energy investment from Germany to upgrade transmission lines, and improve efficiency and stability across the national grid, following a concessional loan agreement signed with the Economy and Finance Ministry Wednesday morning. ...

Senate President Hun Sen Tuesday called for strengthening cooperation in trade, economy, and investment with Austria to achieve mutual growth, noting that an Austrian delegation of investors will visit the Kingdom next month to explore potential investment opportunities. ...

Cambodia’s economy is unlikely to suffer major damage from the ongoing tensions along the Thai border, despite the dramatic return of migrant workers and the closure of key checkpoints, according to a new assessment from the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO). ...

With Cambodia’s solid growth momentum, aided by export-oriented services as well as sustained domestic consumption and a growing trend of supporting and using locally made products, the country’s economy is expected to grow by around 5.2 percent this year, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...

Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and border conflicts, Cambodia managed to boost trade with China to $15 billion, a 28.9 percent surge, while trade with the US rose to $10.7 billion, a 27 percent increase, in the first ten months. ...

The United States Thursday officially removed the four-year defence sale embargo on Cambodia, imposed by former President Joe Biden, signalling renewed confidence in bilateral relations as Cambodia agrees to rebalance trade ties and joint forces combating transnational crime. ...