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Trade With Vietnam Grows Through Seven Months

Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia grew 22.36 percent in the first seven months of the year to reach $1.96 billion compared to the same period last year, a Vietnamese official said yesterday. Vu Thinh Cuong, commercial counselor at the Vietnam Trade Office, said imports from Vietnam ...

ASEAN-US business summit next week

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, will spend two days, August 30 and 31, in Siem Reap attending the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ meeting and the ASEAN-US Business Summit. He is also scheduled to meet separately with Cambodian leaders and other participating ministers to discuss bilateral ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458256/Business/siem-reap-to-host-asean-us-business-summit.html

Rice Exporters Eye Cartel to Boost Prices

Southeast Asia’s rice-exporting nations are in talks to create a formal alliance aimed at boosting prices and increasing export revenues, a move that could cause tensions with rice-importing nations. But any bid by the five countries to drive up prices will be a challenge, given previous ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30000872396390444812704577606962232854218.html

Businesses know little of the letter of the law

Cambodia entrepreneurs faced considerable problems when it came to obeying tax laws and other regulations, officials at a seminar about that very subject said yesterday. The VDB Loi company organised the seminar on “New Practices and Preferential Trade Rules” with the co-operation of the General Department of Customs and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358230/Business/businesses-can-benefit-from-cambodian-law.html

Customs to Give Preference to Trusted Firms

The department of customs and excise will begin certifying companies it deems trustworthy so that their goods have easier passage across Cambodia’s borders, an official said yesterday. Traders will receive ranks based on compliance with customs rules, he [Nuom Chanrith, the director of planning at the Finance Ministry’s general ...

Workforce Must Improve to Compete in Asean Bloc

Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the Asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the Asean Economic Community goes ahead in ...

Opportunities, challenges for ASEAN

Cambodia will face both challenges and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) combines its 10 countries into a single market for economic development, a move intended for 2015, officials said during a round-table discussion yesterday. Sok Siphanna, an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082358243/National-news/cambodians-will-compete-with-asean-countries.html

Pricey petrol punishes poor

Petrol prices have jumped by 150 riel (US$0.03) a litre, much to the dismay of Cambodia’s poor, as NGOs appealed to the government to take action. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), issued a letter dated August 16 appealing to Prime Minister Hun ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082058157/Business/pricey-petrol-punishes-poor.html

Exports to China Fell 10% in First Six Months

Revenues generated from Cambodian exports to China fell by 10 percent in the first half of the year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce last week. About $60 million worth of goods were exported from Cambodia to China between January and June, the ...

Eating locally

The Cambodian governemnt is lobbying the tourism sector to focus more on using local foods, which it says could generate millions of dollars in revenue a year. But hotels and restaurants say quality standards and supplies of local products are often not adequate and businesses ...

Asia Rice- Thai Exporters Seek Vietnamese, Cambodian Rice To Meet Deals

Demand for low-quality white rice from African buyers has forced Thai exporters to purchase additional stocks from Cambodia and Vietnam to meet orders because domestic rice is in short supply due to government buying scheme, traders said on Wednesday. The price of 25 per cent broken grade Thai ...

Vehicle Imports up 45 pct in first half

Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012081057918/Business/vehicle-imports-up-45-pct-in-first-half.html

No Cause for Concern - Experts not worried about decrease in fixed-asset investment

At first glance, the numbers indicate Cambodia’s investment climate has grown a little colder. Conditions appear to be worse than they were a year ago due to a big drop in total fixed assets for approved investment projects. However, economists say the Cambodia outlook is actually ...

http:///www.etmcambodia.com

National Bank of Cambodia looks at local yuan role

Bank of China is in negotiations with Cambodia’s central bank on the promotion of business transactions in Chinese yuan. The official talks reflect rapid trade growth between the two countries at a time when several commercial banks in Cambodia have launched yuan remittance and trade-settlement products. The ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657819/Business/national-bank-of-cambodia-looks-at-local-yuan-role.html

Cambodia Falls Short of Region's Energy Goals

Speaking to an audience of more than 150 private- and public-sector energy officials at the Second East Asia Summit Energy Efficiency Conference, officials agreed that not enough was being done to convince manufacturers and other large consumers of energy to switch to new energy efficient ...

Philip Heijmans, P. 21
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/

Push for trade in yuan increasing

Slowly but steadily, demand to do cross-border business in Chinese yuan is pushing its way into one of Asia’s dollar-dominated strongholds. As China continues to liberalise the yuan – or at least hint at when some capital controls could be lifted – Cambodian businesses that import ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072557593/Business/push-for-trade-in-yuan-increasing.html

Cambodia’s largest port reports US$14-M revenues, + 14% in 1st 5 months of Y 2012

Cambodia’s largest Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) Saturday reported that it earned the total revenues of about US$14-M in the 1st 5 months of this year, + 14 rise from US$12.3-M at the same period last year. Goods exported through the port are mostly garment products and ...

http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodias-largest-port-reports-us14-m-revenues-14-in-1st-5-months-of-y-2012-79160.htm#.UA5t32BREXw

Trade Deficit Up 34 Percent On Last Year

Cambodia’s trade deficit in the first half of the year grew 34.31 percent compared with the same period in 2011, reaching $1.36 billion, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce. Though revenues earned from exports grew 12.13 percent to about $2.50 billion, a growing ...

Gas Imports Grow to Nearly 1M Tons This Year

Oil imports to Cambodia in the first half of the year increased 22 percent to nearly 1 million tons compared to the same period last year, according to figures obtained yesterday from the Ministry of Commerce. According to the data, Cambodia imported 922,860 tons of gas ...

Tractor Imports From Thailand Decline

The number of agricultural tractors and power-trailers imported to Cambodia through the Poipet International Checkpoint in Banteay Meanchey province has decreased by 72 percent in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period last year, the provincial commerce department said. Thong Thyna, ...

Government to cut power subsidies

The government will drop subsidies for high electricity use, after the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC) reported losses of US$3 million between January and May this year. Households consuming more than 200 KW/h per month will no longer receive a 100 to 200 riel per KW/h ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070657247/Business/govt-to-cut-power-subsidies.html

Sihanoukville port sees steady growth

Revenue at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port increased 13.6 per cent year on year between January and June, port officials confirmed yesterday. As the state-owned enterprise gears up for listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, the neighbouring Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone will play an increasingly important role in ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070357157/Business/sihanoukville-port-growth.html

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