Manufacturing
Garments and textiles
Thousands of garment workers struggling to survive following mass factory closures
Behind a KTV club in Tuol Sangke commune, Ly Thary spends her days selling drinks and groceries in front of her rented room. ...
Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/thousands-of-garment-workers-struggling-to-survive-following-mass-factory-closures/
China remains as top supplier of raw materials to Cambodia’s garment industry
Cambodian Prime Minister said on Wednesday that China is the largest supplier of raw materials to the kingdom’s garment industry. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501260728/china-remains-as-top-supplier-of-raw-materials-to-cambodias-garment-industry/
New sub-decree tightens regulations on garment industry sub-contractors
Cambodia will prepare a sub-decree improving existing labour mechanisms by adding detailed procedures, permanent management mechanisms, responsibilities for relevant companies, especially sub-subcontractors, as Cambodia seeks to ensure the prevention of the use of forced labour. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-sub-decree-tightens-regulations-garment-industry-sub-contractors
Cambodia’s exports 8 percent down in first two months, commerce ministry wants to reassure
Cambodia sees a fall in exports in the first two months of 2023, down 8.6 percent compared to the same period last year. It is, however, not a worrying sign, the Commerce Ministry said. ...
Teng Yalirozy
https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodias-exports-8-percent-down-in-first-two-months-commerce-ministry-wants-to-reassure
Job loss fears as GFT exports decline by 25 percent in February
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel (GFT) goods declined by nearly 25 percent in February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, continuing a trend that started nearly six months ago raising fears of factory closures and job losses. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501253565/job-loss-fears-as-gft-exports-decline-by-25-percent-in-february/
PM: Factory workers on suspension get support
Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially announced that the government will provide cash assistance to over 32,000 workers in the textile-related sectors whose employment has been suspended due to a reduction in purchasing orders, or whose factories have ceased operations. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-factory-workers-suspension-get-support
Cambodia’s apparel exports to Japan grow further in 2022 to more than $1.2 billion
Cambodia’s apparel exports to Japan have continued to grow for the second consecutive year in 2022, despite a dip in shipments in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the shipment increased to $1,201.698 million after a recovery in 2021. Notably, the exports recorded ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501252053/cambodias-apparel-exports-to-japan-grow-further-in-2022-to-more-than-1-2-billion/
CDC unveils 27 projects in Jan-Feb
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued year-to-February 28 reveal that it has greenlit 27 new private investment projects – 19 in textile-related sectors – worth a cumulative $198.2 million, which are expected to generate a total of 39,914 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-27-projects-jan-feb
Cambodia clears 9 investment plans in garment, footwear, travel goods
The Cambodian Investment Board under the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) recently approved investment proposals for 11 more companies, creating 11,000 jobs. The companies will have a total investment of $57.3 million. Nine of these are in the garment, footwear and travel goods ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239855/cambodia-clears-9-investment-plans-in-garment-footwear-travel-goods/
Cambodia, Japan eye silk manufacturing partnership
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Japan-Cambodia Association and Japanese investors in Cambodia are considering possibility in silk manufacturing partnership. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501236413/cambodia-japan-eye-silk-manufacturing-partnership/
Ten new factory approvals means ‘over 20K’ more jobs
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued in January reveal that it has greenlit 10 new projects worth nearly $100 million, all in the manufacturing industry: eight involved in textiles and two in light bulbs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ten-new-factory-approvals-means-over-20k-more-jobs
Thousands of garment workers’ jobs at risk
More than 100 factories have suspended work due to declining orders, putting thousands of jobs at risk, a union leader said. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-thousands-of-garment-workers-jobs-at-risk
Collections of Khmer silk weaving to be on display at MGC Asian Traditional Textiles Museum
The MGC Museum of Asian Traditional Textiles is set to exhibit eleven Cambodian silk products, including four silk towels, five silk sampots, and two silk ceilings donated by the Khmer Traditional Textile Institute, in mid-February 2023, the APSARA National Authority. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501224898/collections-of-khmer-silk-weaving-to-be-on-display-at-mgc-asian-traditional-textiles-museum/
Tax break for textile-linked industries to stay till 2025
The government has extended a suspension of “advance income tax” until the end of 2025 for eligible textile-related enterprises, a good deal of which have been hurt by a drop in orders as a result of global economic headwinds linked to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-break-textile-linked-industries-stay-till-2025
Garment exports likely to decline in first half of 2023
Orders for garments and footwear have not picked up in Cambodia last year, and it will continue to decline, according to a senior official of the Textile, Apparel, Footwear & Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC). ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501215004/garment-exports-likely-to-decline-in-first-half-of-2023/
Ten new projects to create more than 8,000 jobs: CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) notices issued month-to-date reveal that it has greenlit 10 new projects worth nearly $50 million, mostly involved in garments, footwear and packaging. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ten-new-projects-create-more-8000-jobs-cdc
Cambodia’s apparel exports up 16.56 pct to $8.366 bn in Jan-Nov 2022
Cambodia’s apparel exports increased by 16.56 per cent year-on-year to $8.366 billion during January-November 2022. This constituted 40.89 per cent of Cambodia’s total foreign income of $20.457 billion during the period under review, according to data from the general department of customs and excise under ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501203010/cambodias-apparel-exports-up-16-56-pct-to-8-366-bn-in-jan-nov-2022/
Cambodia’s GFT sector suffered setbacks
TAFTAC says the garment, footwear and travel goods sector needs assistance and an advisory group is urgently needed to help it rebound ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-gft-sector-suffered-setbacks
Cambodia’s of apparel to Thailand may rebound after steep fall
Thailand’s apparel imports from Cambodia are likely to rebound during the current year, although they may still not touch pre-COVID levels. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501200033/cambodias-of-apparel-to-thailand-may-rebound-after-steep-fall/
A new garment factory project approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted green light to a new investment project proposed by Textstar Garment (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501198038/a-new-garment-factory-project-approved-by-cdc/
MGC Museum’s staff trained in silk weaving at IKTT Centre in Angkor
A key partnership was established between UNESCO and the APSARA National Authority in August 2022 for the implementation of the project “Promoting sustainable tourism and private sector engagement for inclusive community development in response to the COVID-19 crisis”, with the financial support of the German ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501195314/mgc-museums-staff-trained-in-silk-weaving-at-iktt-centre-in-angkor/
Kingdom’s garment export surges to $7.747 billion
Cambodia registered an 18.51 percent year-on-year increase in apparel export to $7.747 billion in the first ten months of this year. ...
Adur Pradeep
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192059/kingdoms-garment-export-surges-to-7-747-billion/
Cambodia’s textile body GMAC is now officially renamed TAFTAC
Cambodia’s industry trade body Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) will now be known as the Textile, Apparel, Footwear, and Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC) after it was officially renamed in a recently held ceremony attended by Cambodia’s army commander Lieutenant General Hun Manet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501190624/cambodias-textile-body-gmac-is-now-officially-renamed-taftac/
Cambodia seeks more Korean funds in textiles
As part of the process to strengthen and widen the base of the economy as the country has entered the fourth quarter of 2022, the Government of Cambodia is seeking to tick all the right boxes, and it includes tourism, textiles exports as well as ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501171566/cambodia-seeks-more-korean-funds-in-textiles/