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Ministry: EBA decision ‘politically driven’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has reacted to the European Commission’s (EC) decision to partially suspend the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, saying it did not reflect the reality in Cambodia. An analyst also said the suspension would not make the Cambodian ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/ministry-eba-decision-politically-driven
EU partially withdraws EBA
The EU Commission on Wednesday announced the partial withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, citing a serious and systematic violation by Cambodia of principles in the four core human and labour rights. The suspension affects one-fifth or €1 billion ($1.08 billion) of Cambodia’s ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eu-partially-withdraws-eba
CDC unveils system to manage imports
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has announced a new service that aims to facilitate imports for investment projects, according to an announcement issued on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-system-manage-imports
Cambodia’s exports to Thailand increase by 195% in 2019
Latest data from the Ministry of Commerce shows that from January to December last year, Cambodia exported some US$2.27 billion worth of products to Thailand, up 195 percent compared to a year earlier. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50689838/cambodias-exports-to-thailand-increase-by-195-in-2019
Still no word about EBA but rice likely unaffected
Officials on Monday said the government had not received an official statement regarding the EU’s potential withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme. The EU launched the EBA withdrawal procedure on February 12, citing “a deterioration of democracy [and] respect for human rights” in ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/still-no-word-about-eba-rice-likely-unaffected
Rice exports down 15% year-on-year in January
Cambodia exported 50,450 tonnes of rice worth $39 million to the international market in January, down 15.39 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) secretary-general Lun Yeng said on Sunday. Yeng told The Post that Cambodian rice exports to ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-down-15-year-year-january
Cambodia-UK trade still alive after Brexit: Ministry of Commerce
Trade relation between Cambodia and the United Kingdom will improve in the future, said a senior official at Ministry of Commerce. The comments were made after the UK officially left the European Union on Jan 31 but is in a so-called transition period until Dec ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688294/cambodia-uk-trade-still-alive-after-brexit-ministry-of-commerce
Cambodia plans to export rice to Kuwait
Cambodia plans to export milled rice to Kuwait, according to senior officials at the Ministry of Commerce, in what was described as market diversification. The ministry announced the purchase agreement has been scheduled for signing next month. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688095/cambodia-plans-to-export-rice-to-kuwait
Chamber president calls for stronger South Korea business ties
Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng on Tuesday called for stronger business and investment relations between the Kingdom and South Korea. He was speaking on the sidelines of the World Summit 2020 in Seoul, South Korea, after a meeting between the Korea International ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chamber-president-calls-stronger-south-korea-business-ties
Kingdom has high hopes over UK trade privilege retention
Cambodia’s government is hoping to retain its preferential trade status with the UK after it left the European Union. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50686838/kingdom-has-high-hopes-over-uk-trade-privilege-retention
Rubber exports rise by 30% year-on-year
Cambodia exported more than 282,071 tonnes of rubber last year, a 30 per cent increase from 2018’s 217,501 tonnes, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The commodity reeled in $377 million in revenue last year, up 32 per cent from 2018’s $286 ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-rise-30-year-year
Exports from SEZs soar 27% year-on-year
Cambodia’s exports through the special economic zones (SEZs) last year increased by about 27 per cent compared to 2018, Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth said on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), Pornmoniroth said the total ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-sezs-soar-27-year-year
Hun Sen calls on Vietnam to invest in rice processing sector
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday called on the Vietnamese to invest in the Kingdom’s rice processing sector. Speaking at an annual dinner with the Vietnamese business community in Cambodia ahead of Tet – the Vietnamese Lunar New Year – Hun Sen said the Kingdom’s ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-calls-vietnam-invest-rice-processing-sector
LNG imported from China to Cambodia
Local business Cambodian Natural Gas Co Ltd and Chinese firm CNOOC Gas Power Group Co Ltd teamed up in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to distribute within Cambodia’s market. The company’s officers said the cooperation is to import the LNG to supply demand in the ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680059/lng-imported-from-china-to-cambodia
Embassy seeks further inroads into Thailand’s retail market
Cambodia is seeking to display more of its products in supermarkets across Thailand to reduce the trade deficit with its neighbour. Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn asked Thailand’s Siam Piwat Company Limited to distribute Cambodian goods in its Iconsiam and Siam Paragon retail outlets. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/embassy-seeks-further-inroads-thailands-retail-market
Cashew nut exports nearly double in 2019
Cambodia exported some 202,318 tonnes of cashew nuts last year to foreign markets, up nearly 100 per cent from 2018’s 101,973 tonnes, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. Khan Samban, director of the ministry’s Department of Agro-Industry, told The Post that the ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-nut-exports-nearly-double-2019
Shipments of mango to South Korea poised to begin this week
Exports of Cambodian mangoes to South Korea will begin this week after Korean authorities gave the nod. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Department of Plant Protection, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Requirements director Ker Monthivuth told The Post on Sunday that after several inspections of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/shipments-mango-south-korea-poised-begin-week
Corn industry maintains hope for rebound amid plummeting prices
Total corn exports dropped by more than 40 per cent on 2018 due to last year’s drought and pest damage, industry insiders said. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries data showed that last year the Kingdom exported 119,993 tonnes of red corn – down 41.23 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corn-industry-maintains-hope-rebound-amid-plummeting-prices
Kingdom exports 157K tonnes of bananas
The export of yellow bananas to international markets last year reached 157,812 tonnes, most of which was exported to China and the rest to Vietnam and Japan, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report showed. There is no data on 2018 banana exports to ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-exports-157k-tonnes-bananas
As rice exports to EU drop, dealers are reducing prices due to tariffs
Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ...
Rubber exports grow nearly 24% last year
The Kingdom’s rubber exports saw a 24 per cent increase over the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, data from the General Directorate of Rubber obtained by The Post on Tuesday showed. Pol Sopha, the director-general of the ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-grow-nearly-24-last-year
Bilateral trade with South Korea tops $657M
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has topped more than $657 million for the first nine months of this year. According to Ministry of Commerce data obtained by The Post on Monday, the figure is a little more than $100 million shy of the $769 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bilateral-trade-south-korea-tops-657m
Exporter urges Kampot pepper farmers to focus on quality
An exporter has asked farmers to focus on producing high-quality pepper by following strict standards to strengthen demand for their products abroad. According to the Kampot Pepper Promotion Association, 50 percent of Kampot pepper is exported to the EU, while 30 percent is consumed internally. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50673130/exporter-urges-kampot-pepper-farmers-to-focus-on-quality
Europe expected to consider EBA efforts, impact
The government said it expects the European Commission to consider its efforts to comply with the “Everything But Arms” (EBA) regulations and the impact on one million workers should access to the agreement be suspended in February. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/europe-expected-consider-eba-efforts-impact