Economy and commerce
Trade
Jan-Mar Canada exports rise 8% as CCC eyes office launch
Cambodia netted $241.41 million from exports to Canada in the first quarter of 2022, marking an 8.1 per cent rise year-on-year from $223.23 million, and accounting for 98.2 per cent of bilateral trade over the period, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-mar-canada-exports-rise-8-ccc-eyes-office-launch
Jan-Apr rice exports exceed half a billion dollars
Cambodia netted more than $516 million from the export of paddy and milled rice in the first four months of 2022, despite uncertainty brought upon by Covid-19 outbreaks in key markets. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-rice-exports-exceed-half-billion-dollars
Cambodia rice exports rise to $516 million in four months
Cambodia exported 221,138 tonnes of milled rice and 1,648,474 tonnes of un-milled rice, with a total value of $516.21 million in the first four months of 2022, according to a release from the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501071306/cambodia-rice-exports-rise-to-516-million-in-four-months/
Japanese company eye trade and business potential in Cambodia
A delegation of Japan-based FORVAL Corporation is eying more trade and business potential in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070362/japanese-company-eye-trade-and-business-potential-in-cambodia/
Cambodia’s export to RCEP member countries increases by 11 percent in first quarter
Cambodia’s exports to the member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) totaled $1.956 billion in the first three months of this year, up 11 percent over the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069684/cambodias-export-to-rcep-member-countries-increases-by-11-percent-in-first-quarter/
Cambodia, Korea discuss trade potential
Cambodia and the Republic of Korea have discussed trade potential between both countries, mainly the import of Cambodian mangoes. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069705/cambodia-korea-discuss-trade-potential/
Cambodia’s top export destinations in Q1, 2022 – Vietnam, China and Thailand
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement has boosted Cambodia’s economy in a big way, with export to member countries of the pact hitting $1.95 billion in the first quarter (Q1) this year —up by 11 per cent from $1.75 billion over the same ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068941/cambodias-top-export-destinations-in-q1-2022-vietnam-china-and-thailand/
Cambodia agricultural product exports rise to 4M tonnes in four months
Despite the adverse effects of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, Cambodia’s agricultural exports rose 5.60 percent to 4 million tonnes in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501067852/cambodia-agricultural-product-exports-rise-to-4m-tonnes-in-four-months/
P Sihanouk, Oz infrastructure programme talk smart-city development
A Preah Sihanouk provincial deputy governor on April 28 met with a policy adviser at Australia’s flagship infrastructure programme in Cambodia for talks on plans to transform the province into a model multi-purpose special economic zone (SEZ) by 2030, and other smart-city development initiatives. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p-sihanouk-oz-infrastructure-programme-talk-smart-city-development
Kingdom to boost economic, trade cooperation with Italy
Cambodia expressed its keenness to further strengthen cooperation in all fields with Italy and other European Union nations by promoting more investments in Cambodia. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501065846/kingdom-to-boost-economic-trade-cooperation-with-italy/
Italy urged to lower tariffs on Cambodian rice exports
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhon has urged Italy to reconsider raising tariffs on rice imports. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501064736/italy-urged-to-lower-tariffs-on-cambodian-rice-exports/
SSEZ’s Q1 imports, exports rise 51%
The volume of imports and exports handled at the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) clocked in at $710 million in the first three months of 2022, marking a 50.74 per cent rise year-on-year from $471 million, the operator said in a statement on April 23. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssezs-q1-imports-exports-rise-51
Cambodia, Vietnam eye $10 billion bilateral trade in 2022
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade talked about boosting trade activities, pledging to push the bilateral trade volume to $10 billion by this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501063033/cambodia-vietnam-eye-10-billion-bilateral-trade-in-2022/
PM, army commander get invite to visit Laos
Cambodia and Laos are moving for harmony between the two countries by enhancing their friendship through cooperation, trade ties and plans for Prime Minister Hun Sen to visit Laos. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501062905/pm-army-commander-get-invite-to-visit-laos/
Cambodia-Vietnam trade grows 13.6% in Q1
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam totalled $1.72205 billion in the first quarter of 2022, representing a 13.6 per cent increase from the $1.5153 billion recorded in the corresponding period last year, according to Customs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-vietnam-trade-grows-136-q1
Sino-Cambodia trade soars 30% in Jan-Mar
Cambodia and China shared a bilateral trade volume of $2.87343 billion in the first quarter of this year, up by 30.14 per cent from the $2.20788 billion recorded in the same period last year, reflecting overall progress in the resumption of economic activity as Covid-19 ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sino-cambodia-trade-soars-30-jan-mar
Cambodia-Korea bilateral trade jumps 22.8 percent in Q1
The bilateral free trade between Cambodia and South Korea surged 22.8 percent to $234.4 million in the first three months of this year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060027/cambodia-korea-bilateral-trade-jumps-22-8-percent-in-q1/
Cambodia’s trade valued at over $13 billion in first quarter
The total trade volume between Cambodia and its partners reached $13.162 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 9.1 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059578/cambodias-trade-valued-at-over-13-billion-in-first-quarter/
Cambodia exports to Japan nets $291 million in January-February
Cambodia exported $291 million worth of goods to Japan in the first two months of this year, inching down 1.9 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501058463/cambodia-exports-to-japan-nets-291-million-in-january-february/
Cambodia’s rubber export slightly up in Q1 hut value drops
Cambodia exported 61,839 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, a slight increase of 1 percent compared to the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501059622/cambodias-rubber-export-slightly-up-in-q1-hut-value-drops/
Cambodia logs over $84M of iron, steel imports in Q1
Cambodia has imported iron and steel worth over $84 million in the first quarter of 2022 – an increase of over three per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-logs-over-84m-iron-steel-imports-q1-0
Effective jab drive boosts Cambodia’s Q1 int’l trade
The first quarter of 2022 clocked over $13 billion in international trade, nine per cent more than last year, with exports jumping 25.7 per cent year-on-year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/effective-jab-drive-boosts-cambodias-q1-intl-trade
Vietnam announces tariff quotas for Cambodia rice, dried tobacco imports
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a circular stipulating the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501057056/vietnam-announces-tariff-quotas-for-cambodia-rice-dried-tobacco-imports/
Kingdom’s January-February exports to US jump 53 percent
Cambodia exports to the United States surged by 53.3 percent to $1,717.5 million in the first two months of this year, according to the figures from the US Census Bureau. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501056229/kingdoms-january-february-exports-to-us-jump-53-percent/