Nat'l Assembly Approves UN Conventions

National Assembly voted Friday to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the U.N. Rotterdam Convention, which promotes the responsible labeling nd export of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. The assembly also voted in favor of an agreement with Qatar to ...

Effects of Last Year's Flooding Still Being Felt by Scavengers

Large dump trucks with beds full of rusted, twisted metal and aluminium canss rolled in, one after another, to unload their cargo at Phnom Penh’s largest scrap yard in Dangkao district. “All the metal must be exported because there are no recycling factories here [in Cambodia],” ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com

Vehicle Imports up 45 pct in first half

Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081057918/Business/vehicle-imports-up-45-pct-in-first-half.html

Taxes and capital obstacles for small business owners

The exclamations of dismay that come from small-business people in Cambodia when someone tries to take a picture of their shop are to be expected, as they believe the photo will be used to make them pay taxes they cannot afford, but that doesn’t mean ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081057916/Business/taxes-and-capital-obstruct-small-business-owners.html

FASMEC partners to introduce SME clusters

The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium-size Enterprise of Cambodia (FASMEC) will cooperate with the Thailand-based Mekong Institute to train master teachers in an effort to implement a small and medium enterprise (SME) cluster and export consortia in the coming years, according to officials. The two-day workshop ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080857866/Business/small-and-medium-size-businesses-to-introduce-clusters.html

Senator Tries to Settle Court Case With Cash

CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat visited families embroiled in a long-standing land dispute with a Thai-owned sugar company on Monday in an attempt to convince them to drop their complaints against the firm at the court, villagers and officials said yesterday. The visit comes as pressure ...

Rice Production Down Due to Limited Rainfall, Report Says

After rising significantly in recent years, Cambodia’s rice production will fall this year because of a shortage of rain, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new report. In its second quarter Rice Market Monitor report for 2012 published on Monday, the FAO ...

China giant looks to Kingdom

Shandong Shantui, a Chinese firm and one of the largest manufacturers of heavy construction machinery and largest producer of bulldozers has expressed an interest in investing in Cambodia’s agricultural sectors. General Manager Cheng Zhaohong met with Cambodia’s National Assembly President Heng Samrin yesterday morning to present the company’s ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080757846/Business/china-giant-looks-to-cambodia.html

Growth to be focus of ASEAN Economic Summit

Prime Minister Hun Sen will be opening the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related meetings will kick off August 27 in Siem Reap, the centre of Khmer culture and civilization in Cambodia, and will run to September 1, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The meeting ...

CSX wants more trading sessions

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has requested adding four trading sessions in the hopes of increasing trade volumes. The request, if approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, could see new sessions added within a month. The CSX has seen low trading volumes over the ...

No Cause for Concern - Experts not worried about decrease in fixed-asset investment

At first glance, the numbers indicate Cambodia’s investment climate has grown a little colder. Conditions appear to be worse than they were a year ago due to a big drop in total fixed assets for approved investment projects. However, economists say the Cambodia outlook is actually ...

http:///www.etmcambodia.com

New spin on an old traditionArtisan Designers (AND)

Putting a new spin on a traditional art form isn’t a simple thing to achieve, but for niche fashion enterprise Artisan Designers (AND) an ambitious new branding campaign is seeing Cambodian handicrafts pushed in a new direction. Opening eight months ago on the tourist-friendly street 240, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657820/Business/new-spin-on-an-old-tradition.html

Adidas joins fashion district

Phnom Penh now offers Adidas brand-name sportswear at #90 Sihanouk Boulevard just west of the Independence Monument in the latest enhancement of what has become Cambodia’s fashion district. Phnom Penh’s movers and shakers were on hand for Saturday night’s Adidas launch event with a tent-enclosed street-side stage adjacent ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657821/Business/adidas-joins-fashion-district.html

Strike may end if deal holds: union

Workers who have been told they have been sacked for striking at the co-owned Tai Yang and Camwell factories will forget about their seniority bonuses – for now – if they are reinstated, unions and an advocacy group said yesterday. In an attempt to end one ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657835/National-news/strike-may-end-if-deal-holds-union.html

National Bank of Cambodia looks at local yuan role

Bank of China is in negotiations with Cambodia’s central bank on the promotion of business transactions in Chinese yuan. The official talks reflect rapid trade growth between the two countries at a time when several commercial banks in Cambodia have launched yuan remittance and trade-settlement products. The ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657819/Business/national-bank-of-cambodia-looks-at-local-yuan-role.html

The week at the CSX August 2-8

The price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority stock from the period of August 2 to 8 remained very stable at KHR6,500 for most of the week after a slight increase from KHR6,400 (US$1.57) to KHR6,500 (US$1.6) on August 3. Trading volumes overall were lower ...

Cambodia Falls Short of Region's Energy Goals

Speaking to an audience of more than 150 private- and public-sector energy officials at the Second East Asia Summit Energy Efficiency Conference, officials agreed that not enough was being done to convince manufacturers and other large consumers of energy to switch to new energy efficient ...

Philip Heijmans, P. 21
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/

Rubber price drops as exports increase

Rubber exports increased by more than 5 per cent in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2011 as the price decreased more than 28 per cent, according to data received from Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce. The data shows that ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072657633/Business/rubber-price-drops-as-exports-increase.html

Push for trade in yuan increasing

Slowly but steadily, demand to do cross-border business in Chinese yuan is pushing its way into one of Asia’s dollar-dominated strongholds. As China continues to liberalise the yuan – or at least hint at when some capital controls could be lifted – Cambodian businesses that import ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072557593/Business/push-for-trade-in-yuan-increasing.html

Loans, deposits mirroring growth

Loans and deposits at Cambodia’s 32 commercial banks rose by more than 30 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively, year-on-year in the first half of 2012, which the central bank governor and economists said reflected the growth in economic activities even as export growth ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072457572/Business/loans-deposits-mirroring-growth.html

Cambodia’s largest port reports US$14-M revenues, + 14% in 1st 5 months of Y 2012

Cambodia’s largest Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) Saturday reported that it earned the total revenues of about US$14-M in the 1st 5 months of this year, + 14 rise from US$12.3-M at the same period last year. Goods exported through the port are mostly garment products and ...

http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodias-largest-port-reports-us14-m-revenues-14-in-1st-5-months-of-y-2012-79160.htm#.UA5t32BREXw

Indian envoy seeks direct flights to Cambodia

India’s Ambassador Dinesh K. Patnaik pledged Tuesday to urge Indian airlines to operate direct flights to Cambodia in order to boost bilateral relations in trade, investment and tourism. ...

http://in.news.yahoo.com/indian-envoy-seeks-direct-flights-cambodia-061659956.html

New border crossing to open at Preah Vihear

Cambodia and Thailand will open another permanent border crossing between Preah Vihear province and Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province on Wednesday An Ses, the new permanent border crossing, is primarily used for the trade of agricultural products. Cambodian people usually import products from Thailand through the crossing, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072457582/National-news/preah-vihear-new-border-crossing.html

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