Economy and commerce
Trade
Sugarcane a ‘huge potential for farmers’
Cambodia’s three major sugar companies produced 120,126 tonnes of raw sugar in the first nine months of this year, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. It said Rui Feng (Cambodia) International Co Ltd produced 56,664 tonnes, Yellow Field (Cambodia) International Ltd (51,420 tonnes) ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sugarcane-huge-potential-farmers
EBA removal won’t affect development projects: EU
The potential cancellation of the Everything-but-arms (EBA) scheme will not have an impact on development projects in Cambodia funded by the European Union, according to George Edgar, the EU Ambassador to Cambodia. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549413/eba-removal-wont-affect-development-projects-eu/
New pepper federation set to promote sector
The government has formed a new federation for the country’s pepper industry to enhance the market and solve challenges in the sector, as the cash crop is currently facing depressed prices. The Cambodia Pepper and Spice Federation was jointly formed last Friday by the Ministries ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-pepper-federation-set-promote-sector
Border trade Cambodian-Thai trade increases
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $3.16 billion in the first nine months – an increase of 14.08 per cent year-on-year. Imports to Cambodia were worth $2.65 billion, representing a 19.26 per cent increase in contrast with exports to Thailand that was valued at ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-thai-border-trade-increases
Cambodia's H1 garment exports up 10.73 pct, projected strong this year
Cambodia’s garment exports grew by 10.73 percent in the first half of 2018 and are projected to remain strong despite a European Union threat to withdraw duty-free trading access, official data showed on Wednesday. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks/nasdaq-confirms-correction-while-sp-500-and-dow-erase-2018-gains-idUSKCN1MY1LZ
Making palm sugar harvest attractive again
Kampong Speu Palm Sugar, which has a geographical indication (GI) status, is seeing lower production due to a labour shortage. Kampong Speu Palm Sugar Promotion Association (KSPSPA) president, Sam Saroeun, said on Tuesday that production fell from 300 tonnes last year to 250 tonnes this ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/making-palm-sugar-harvest-attractive-again
Moody’s warns of ‘credit negative’ if EBA is lost
Moody’s Investors Services has warned that Cambodia’s potential loss of its Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential trade access to the EU would weaken its economic growth and lead to a credit negative, a report released on Saturday says. It notes that while Cambodia maintained its ...
Sorn Sarath and Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/moodys-warns-credit-negative-if-eba-lost
Unruffled by EBA withdrawal, PM seeks ‘low interest’ loans
After meeting with the European Commission, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had expected that Cambodia would one day lose its access to the bloc’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) preferential trade agreement and had “already requested low interest” loans from China, Japan, South Korea and ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unruffled-eba-withdrawal-pm-seeks-low-interest-loans
Rubber exports surge by 22%
Cambodian rubber exports surged 22 per cent during the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture said. Local producers exported 140,303 tonnes of rubber during the period – an increase of 25,240 tonnes ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-surge-22
‘Kingdom ready if EBA withdrawn’: Ministry
A senior Labour Ministry official said a withdrawal of the preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) trade agreement with the EU would not hurt the Kingdom’s economy. Ministry spokesman Heng Suor said the government had prepared plans in the event of an EBA withdrawal. However, he ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ready-if-eba-withdrawn-ministry
EU officials: Ending EBA an 18-month procedure
EU officials have confirmed that it will take a total of 18 months to complete the procedure if Cambodia’s preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) trade agreement is to be withdrawn. According to EU Agriculture and Rural Development spokesman Daniel Rosario, the formal process has not ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-officials-ending-eba-18-month-procedure
Chinese imports are the salt of the Earth
Cambodia will ink an agreement with China next week to import 30,000 tonnes of salt by the end of November, said co-president of the Kep-Kampot Salt Producers Community (KKSPC) Ly Sang. Sang told The Post on Monday that the KKSPC will receive Ministry of Industry ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-imports-are-salt-earth
Advocacy group raises questions about Cambodia's gold imports
Cambodia imported about $15 billion worth of gold during five years from Singapore, according to government statistics compiled by nongovernmental organization Mother Nature Cambodia — a figure so large, corruption monitor groups say it raises alarms about potential financial crimes, particularly smuggling. ...
David Boyle and Malis Tum
https://www.voanews.com/a/advocacy-group-raises-questions-about-cambodia-gold-imports/4599968.html
EU a key economic partner in Cambodia: Ambassador
The European Union is a key economic partner in Cambodia, with preferential access to European markets a key element of the Kingdom’s robust growth in recent years, said European Union Ambassador George Edgar. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50539696/eu-a-key-economic-partner-in-cambodia-ambassador/
Cambodia eyes $5 bn mark in trade with VN
The bilateral trade volume between Vietnam and Cambodia continued to grow during the first seven months of this year, prolonging an increase after three years of declines that ended in 2016. ...
The Phnom Penh Post
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30354719
Cambodia, Vietnam to boost border trade
Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to boost their bilateral trade figures to $5 billion with the acceleration of a border trade agreement following an increase in trade volume between both countries. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533723/cambodia-vietnam-to-boost-border-trade/
Firms eye Kingdom as tariffs mount on factories in China
The Kingdom is becoming more attractive than ever for fashion companies that are looking to diversify their supply chains in response to the escalating trade war between the US and China, industry experts say. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-eye-kingdom-tariffs-mount-factories-china
Tobacco worth over $2M exported to VN last year
Cambodia exported more than 1,000 tonnes of dry tobacco leaves to Vietnam last year, valued at more than $2 million. The figure marks a 24 per cent increase from 2016, the Ministry of Commerce said. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Long Kemvichet said data showed the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tobacco-worth-over-2m-exported-vn-last-year
Cashew sector pared down as farmers change crops
Cashew nut production in the Kingdom declined by more than 50 per cent in the three years leading up to last year, as farmers followed the market by switching to other crops, figures from the Ministry of Agriculture indicate. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cashew-sector-pared-down-farmers-change-crops
Trade war may boost Kingdom’s US exports
Exports of travel goods from the Kingdom are set to gain from the ongoing US-China trade war as US lobbyists for the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) claim that President Donald Trump plans to raise duties on such China-made products from 10 to 25 ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-war-may-boost-kingdoms-us-exports
Local mango planters can still depend on EU market: Exporter
Despite the failure to export to China and South Korea local planters can expect a boost in the exportation of fresh mangoes to the European Union (EU) provided they have quality products, said an exporter yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519681/local-mango-planters-can-still-depend-on-eu-market-exporter/
Exports to US see 26% growth
Exports to the US grew 26 per cent in the first half of this year, despite tensions over the Kingdom’s July 29 national elections. This stands in stark contrast to last year when export growth to the US was in single digits. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-see-26-growth
China should invest in Battambang milling plant
The Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak urged a Hunan-based company to take advantage of the vast, untapped potential in the agricultural sector and to invest in an export processing plant in Battambang. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519249/china-should-invest-in-battambang-milling-plant/
Deal signed with China over banana exports
The Kingdom on Thursday signed a joint phytosanitary protocol for banana exports to China, with officials saying this was the first move in promoting the product on the world stage. The agreement was signed by the Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Xiong Bo and Agriculture Minster ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-signed-china-over-banana-exports