National Silk Board delayed as ministries fail to coordinate

Formation of the National Silk Board (NSB) has been delayed due to a lag in coordinating ministries to create the industry body, according to the spokesman of Ministry of Commerce. The former minister of commerce, Cham Prasidh, said in June last year that he was aiming ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-silk-board-delayed-ministries-fail-coordinate

Malaysian trade exhibition kicks off in Cambodian capital

The fifth edition of a Malaysian trade exhibition kicked off here on Tuesday, aiming to further promote bilateral trade and investment ties, officials said. The three-day event, held at the Diamond Island Exhibition Center, features 62 Malaysian companies from diverse sectors including construction, business services, industrial ...

Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-06/12/c_133402783.htm

E-Commerce Law goes ahead with WB funding

A draft law on e-commerce that would regulate electronic trade in Cambodia will arrive at the Council of Ministers in August, following revision by two other state institutions, officials at the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. Orm Dararith, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s legal department, ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/e-commerce-law-goes-ahead-with-wb-funding-60518/

Cambodia exports to US rise by over 10 pct

Driven by a slowly recovering American economy, Cambodian exports to the US increased 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the same period last year, according to the latest US government data. Cambodian exports from January to March totalled $771 million, up ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-exports-us-rise-over-10-pct

Exports of rubber up, but prices on the fall

Despite a large increase in exports during the first quarter, natural rubber producers continue to see declining revenues, as world prices fall further. The latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce show natural rubber exports grew 26 per cent during the first quarter of 2014, compared ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-rubber-prices-fall

GI products closer to fruition

Three of Cambodia’s most iconic natural products – Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian silk – have been earmarked by the government to obtain the World Trade Organization’s Geographical Indication (GI) status. Speaking to reporters after a press conference on GI registration at the Ministry ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gi-products-closer-fruition

Cambodian PM to attend 24th ASEAN Summit in Myanmar over weekend

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high delegation to attend the 24th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings to be held from May 10 to 11 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, according to a foreign ministry’s statement on Monday. The prime minister will be accompanied ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/05/c_133311730.htm

Cambodia announces Intellectual Property Rights laws to protect artists and musicians' works

Cambodia announces today a new Intellectual Property Rights laws drafted to protect the country’s artists and musicians and their works from counterfeiting in accordance with interntional IPR standards. An event held at Ministry of Commerce was attended by newly-appointed Sun Chanthol, Minister of Commerce, who has ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MTI4YzJmMmZiNzY

Cambodia's garment, footwear exports up 16 pct in Q1

Garment and footwear industry, Cambodia’s largest income earner, reported a 16 percent surge in exports in the first three months of 2014, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. The Southeast Asian nation exported apparel and footwear products in equivalent to 1.56 billion U.S. ...

ASEAN - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/28/c_133295843.htm

Trade deficit prompts call to diversify exports

Cambodia’s trade deficit expanded to almost half a billion dollars during the first three months of the year, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Commerce. Between January and March, Cambodia’s exports reached $1.99 billion, up 19 per cent compared to the same period ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-deficit-prompts-call-diversify-exports

Minister calls for old car ban

Imports of older cars and vans should be banned to help reduce pollution, Minister of Industry and Handicrafts Cham Prasidh said on Monday. Speaking to Cambodia’s business community at a Green Industry workshop in Phnom Penh on Monday, Prasidh said all countries had a role to ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-calls-old-car-ban

Cambodia's foreign trade up 15% amid ongoing political row

Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries has increased by 15 percent in the first quarter of 2014 even though the internal conflict between the ruling and opposition parties over July election results remains unsolved. The figures of the Commerce Ministry showed Tuesday that the Southeast Asian ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=213997

S Reap fish paste production halts over weak demand

Villagers in Kampong Khlaing commune in Siem Reap province’s Sotr Nikum district have halted Kamlearnh fish paste production due to lagging demand, according to the industry’s representative body. Proum Hong, president of Kampong Khlaing Fish Paste Producers Association (KKFPPA), said the inflated price of the product, ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/s-reap-fish-paste-production-halts-over-weak-demand

Ministry shake-up as AEC integration looms

The Ministry of Commerce is undergoing an internal shake-up to better position itself for the opening up of trade across the region. Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol told the Post yesterday that ahead of Asean Economic Community (AEC) integration in 2015, new divisions were being established and others realigned ...

Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-shake-aec-integration-looms

Cambodian rice exports fall in Q1

As Thailand sells its rice reserves and reforms in Myanmar are rewarded with more access to markets abroad, Cambodia’s total exports of milled rice are on the decline, falling more than 10 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-rice-exports-fall-q1

Friends in high places

A Chinese developer with a “family-like” relationship to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit has accelerated construction at its $5 billion resort – ostensibly cancelled by royal decree in 2010 – in a protected national park in Preah Sihanouk province. The 3,300-hectare Golden Silver Gulf resort ...

Daniel Pye and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/friends-high-places

Proposed law gives new powers to Justice Ministry

The last of three draft laws written with the aim of cleaning up the courts establishes four new judicial chambers, but legal and political experts worry that it does little to loosen the grip of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Justice Ministry over the courts. The draft ...

Lauren Crothers and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposed-law-gives-new-powers-to-justice-ministry-54546/

Sugar exports to stay duty free, EU trade czar says

European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said he has no plans to launch an investigation into Cambodia’s much-criticized sugarcane plantations after a meeting with Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Bottom line: Cambodia’s free trade benefits to Europe are safe for ...

Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-exports-to-stay-duty-free-eu-trade-czar-says-54447/

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