Cambodia’s rubber export surges 46 pct in 10 months

8 November 2013
Xinhuanet News
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Cambodian Rubber Association / Ministry of Agriculture / Ministry of Commerce / Mok Kimhong

Cambodia has seen a 46 percent rise in dry rubber export in the first ten months of 2013 thanks to rising global demand, said the report of the Commerce Ministry on Friday. The country exported 62,915 tons of dry rubber during the January-October period this year, up 46 percent from 43,100 tons over the same period last year, the report said, adding that it earned a total revenue of 146 million U.S. dollars during the period, up 16 percent from 126 million U.S. dollars at the same time last year. … Cambodia has planted rubber trees on the area of 280,350 hectares, and about 55,000 hectares of them are old enough to be yielded, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

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