Trade

Cambodia exported 174,100 tonnes of rubber valued at $265.8 million in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 48,300 tonnes (38.4 per cent) in volume and $111.6 million (72.3 per cent) in value over January-September 2020, the General Department of Customs and Excise reported. ...

The Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) was endorsed on October 26, to pave the way for the two countries to enhance bilateral trade and investment flows. ...

Trade between Cambodia and Japan reached $1.5094 billion in the first eight months of 2021, up 11.8 per cent year-on-year from $1.350 billion, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). ...

A total 1,204 tonnes of agricultural products were exported to the Republic of Korea in the first nine months of this year, a 106 percent increase compared to a year before. ...

Cambodia and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA), cutting import tariffs by more than 90 percent. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak inked the deal with South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo in a virtual ceremony yesterday. ...

Cambodia’s fresh banana exports to China have made remarkable progress this year, despite the challenges posed by the protracted Covid-19 crisis. But concerns linger over sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards and the Kingdom’s ability to build on this positive momentum over the coming years. ...

The Cambodian Minister of Trade met with the Australian counterpart to discuss opportunities and ways in which trade and investment could be boosted in the country. ...

Officials from the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) found 17 fuel businesses in four provinces conducting illegal business, while more than 1,000kg of defective goods and over 500 litres of counterfeit alcohol were confiscated and destroyed from October 18-20. ...

The Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) is set to be signed on October 26, ushering in a new chapter that will open up fresh avenues in trade and investment between the two Asian nations, according to a senior Ministry of Commerce official. ...

The Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Korea will sign a draft free trade agreement (FTA) next week, as the two countries witness their bilateral trade amount on the rise. ...

Cambodia’s exports to Vietnam nearly quadrupled to $3.7 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs. ...

In the first nine months of 2021, Cambodia exported 343,812 tons of fresh bananas, an increase of 46 percent compared to 2020. ...

Cambodia exported 5.93 million tonnes of agricultural products to 90 countries and territories in the first nine months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported on October 14. ...

The US remained the biggest market for Cambodia’s export products in 2021 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Cambodia’s eight-month exports to the US increased sharply although some products were made without the Generalised System of Preference (GSP), which means tariffs would have been paid. ...

The results of a crucial ongoing study will enable Cambodia to set out a framework of strategies to enhance the efficiency of the trade facilitation environment and the Kingdom’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) director-general Kun ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the US in the first eight months of 2021 totalled $5.4994 billion, surging by 28.47 per cent versus $4.2805 billion in the same period of last year, according to the US Census Bureau (USCB). ...

Cambodia’s non-gold exports reached $11.010 billion in the first eight months of this year, surging by 20.4 per cent year-on-year, while the analogous imports amounted to $14.6 billion, marking a 26.7 per cent year-on-year jump, the Ministry of Economy and Finance reported. ...

Cambodia’s total trade volume in the first eight months this year remains positive despite the global economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Cambodia exported 130,248 tonnes of milled rice in July-September valued at more than $81 million, representing a 42.95-per-cent rise in volume from the 91,115 tonnes posted in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) reported earlier this week. ...

Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. continue to grow even though the COVID-19 crisis has been affecting trade and lifestyle of countries around the world. ...

Some 3,894,485 tonnes of agricultural products, besides milled rice and paddy rice, have been exported to foreign markets during the first nine months of this year, despite the global COVID-19 crisis. ...

Cambodia generated more than $326 million from the export of rubber latex and wood in the first eight months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ General Directorate of Rubber. ...

Vietnam earned $3.15 billion  from exporting goods to Cambodia in the first eight months of 2021, up 16.7 percent year-on-year. ...

The bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand was valued at $5,238 million in the first eight months of this year, inching up 3.14 percent compared with the same period last year. ...