Economy and commerce
Trade
Kingdom’s free trade pact talks with South Korea concluded
Cambodia and South Korea have concluded their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations and are now closer to the signing of a final pact later this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50810013/kingdoms-free-trade-pact-talks-with-south-korea-concluded/
SSEZ exports increase 26 percent in 2020
The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has reported export growth of 26.52 percent in 2020, a significant achievement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Vayuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808658/ssez-exports-increase-26-percent-in-2020/
Regional free trade deals ‘key to Cambodian and ASEAN success’
Foreign investors and independent credit evaluators are echoing confidence in Cambodia in light of the series of free trade agreements (FTAs) both completed and being pursued by the Kingdom’s government. According to the ASEAN Briefing (AB), such FTAs could see the region become the world’s ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809206/regional-free-trade-deals-key-to-cambodian-and-asean-success/
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
Regional produce given trademarks of local geography
The Ministry of Commerce is pressing on to register some of the Kingdom’s more renown products as collective trademarks and grant them domestic geographical indication (GI) to provide them with added exposure on the international market. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regional-produce-given-trademarks-local-geography
Steel imports drop, exports up
Cambodia imported iron and steel worth $281.06 million last year, down 41.11 per cent from 2019’s $477.26 million and exported $6.20 million, rocketing 351 per cent from $1.37 million, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/steel-imports-drop-exports
Thai-Cambodia 2020 bilateral trade below goal by 50 percent
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand for 2020 reached only half of the $15 billion target set by the two governments in 2015. Those targets had set a goal of tripling two-way trade. Two-way trade between the two nations was valued at $7.236 billion last ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807076/thai-cambodia-2020-bilateral-trade-below-goal-by-50-percent/
Hungary trade, tourism ties to get boost
Cambodia and Hungary have agreed to further boost economic and tourism ties, while the private sector offers a rosy view of the EU country as a hub for expanding exports to Europe. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hungary-trade-tourism-ties-get-boost
Cambodia and South Korea trade valued at $884 million
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea was valued at $884 million as of December 2020, a year-on-year decrease of 14 percent. Figures from the Korean International Trade Association showed that from January to December 2020, Cambodia exported $317 million of products to South ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804885/cambodia-and-south-korea-trade-valued-at-884-million/
Ministry studies how best to boost exports under China deal
At its Friday meeting on the study and formulation on the good use of trade agreements in promoting exports, the Ministry of Commerce announced research is currently under way on products to be imported and exported under the Cambodia China Free Trade Agreement (CC-FTA). One ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804912/ministry-studies-how-best-to-boost-exports-under-china-deal/
Duty-free exports to US jump
Cambodia exported goods worth $6.06 billion to the US market in the first 11 months of last year, up 22.2 per cent from the same period in 2019, while total bilateral trade volume reached $6.37 billion, according to data released by the US Bureau of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/duty-free-exports-us-jump
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
‘Robust’ new cassava policy aims to diversify farming and boost exports
The launch of Cambodia’s National Cassava Policy 2020-2025 yesterday delivered new energy to the boosting of production and exports for the crop. This policy sets robust commitments for the diversification of Cambodia’s economic bases away from traditional sectors. ...
CRF: Bumper 2021 for organic rice
Cambodia exported 11,200 tonnes of organic milled rice to international markets in 2020, a slight 1.2 per cent increase over 2019, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). While the milled-rice export sector by and large chalks up 2020’s lacklustre growth performance to the ongoing ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-bumper-2021-organic-rice
ASEAN-Hong Kong FTA set for Feb 12
The part in relation to Cambodia under the ASEAN-Hong Kong free trade agreement (FTA) and Investment Agreement (IA) is set to take effect on February 12, according to Hong Kong’s Trade and Industry Department. The Kingdom will be last country in which the two agreements ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/asean-hong-kong-fta-set-feb-12
Free trade deals yet to come to fruition
The negotiations on the Kingdom’s proposed free trade deal with South Korea are progressing slowly despite the fact all parties aimed to come up with finalised drafts by the end of 2020. However, the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement CC-FTA) ratification is to be announced early ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802798/free-trade-deals-yet-to-come-to-fruition/
Cambodia’s export to US still on the rise despite pandemic
Cambodia’s exports to the US was valued $6,059 million worth of goods in the first eleven months of 2020, inching up 17 percent compared to that in a year before, reflecting strong export amid the world face hard time of COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801932/cambodias-export-to-us-still-on-the-rise-despite-pandemic/
Tariffs anew for exports to US as GSP lapses
Cambodian importers and buyers of the Kingdom’s travel goods to the US are now required to pay import duties as the latter’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) preferential tariff system expired on December 31 and is awaiting renewal by Congress. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tariffs-anew-exports-us-gsp-lapses
Cambodia-Malaysia double tax agreement now in effect
The double tax avoidance agreement (DTA) between Cambodia and Malaysia came into effect on January 1, ushering in optimism and hope in the private sector that bilateral investment will garner steam. Royal Code NS/RKM/1120/023, dated November 14, 2020, promulgated the “Law on the Approval of ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-malaysia-double-tax-agreement-now-effect
Chilli exports ratchet up a red-hot 27% in spicy 2020
The government’s policy to boost productivity performance in the agricultural sector has lit a fire under the Kingdom’s exports, with shipments of fresh chilli flaring up 27.08 per cent from 55,513 tonnes in 2019 to 70,546 tonnes in a spicy 2020, according to Minister of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chilli-exports-ratchet-red-hot-27-spicy-2020
Cambodia’s rubber export reach $459 million in 2020
Cambodia exported some 340,000 tonnes of rubber in 2020 generating $459 million for the national income. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800901/cambodias-rubber-export-reach-459-million-in-2020/
Ministry shares 2020 agri-export numbers
The Kingdom exported $4.037 billion in agricultural products in 2020, according to data from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800406/ministry-shares-2020-agri-export-numbers/
Cambodia, Thailand to boost cooperation
The Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CRDB/CDC) and Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) have pledged to further enhance cooperation on trade and investment. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50799647/cambodia-thailand-to-boost-cooperation/
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