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Single rice brand stirs the pot
The Agriculture Ministry and the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) are at odds over the branding of Cambodia’s premium jasmine rice that would help differentiate it from similar varieties sold by Thailand.The CRF is working on a new brand name that it hopes will help distinguish ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-rice-brand-stirs-pot
Chinese loan for rice sector on hold
A project to build 10 warehouses to store rice paddy using Chinese funding has hit a roadblock, as the Cambodian government has been unable to meet criteria set by the Chinese for the project, according to an official associated with the project. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-loan-rice-sector-hold
Cambodia may lose EU market share if EU-Vietnam bilateral FTA materializes, say experts
Cambodian rice exporters are worried of losing market share in the European Union (EU) market if the EU-Vietnam Bilateral Free Trade Agreement (EU-V BFTA) is finalized, according to local sources. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23332/cambodia-may-lose-eu-market-share-if-eu-vietnam-bilateral-fta-materializes-say-exporters
Inadequate infrastructure, less financing options and labor migration undermining Cambodia's rice export capacity, say experts
Inadequate milling and storage facilities; meager financing options and consequent bankruptcies among small farmers; as well as recent migration of a number of male farmers to Thailand are all undermining Cambodia’s capacity to increase its exports, local sources quoted experts as saying. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1NuGgeI
Rice export goals quietly fall
Cambodia’s ambitious goal of exporting one million tons of rice this year has been quietly dropped. A follow-up export goal of 600,000 tons also is falling by the wayside. Undermining these goals is the reality of the rice paddies: labor emigration to Thailand, high costs for ...
T. Mohan and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12698/rice-export-goals-quietly-fall/
Costs thwart potential exports
Following Cambodia’s loss of a hefty Filipino rice tender to Vietnam last week, industry insiders say logistics and production costs are hampering the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice exports. Cambodia lost a 100,000-tonne tender for the fourth time running after its final price of $455.50 per ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/costs-thwart-potential-exports
Cambodia priced out of Filipino rice tender again
Cambodia has lost a 100,000-tonne Filipino rice bid to Vietnam, on account of a higher costs as compared to regional competitors, marking the fourth time the Kingdom has failed to win a rice tender issued by the Philippines. The Philippines National Food Authority last week awarded ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-priced-out-filipino-rice-tender-again
Myanmar poses threat to Cambodian rice exports to European Union, say exporters
Cambodian rice exporters are expressing concern that the country’s rice exports to the European Union (EU) under the Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement have been facing a stiff competition from Myanmar, which also exports rice to the EU under the EBA agreement, according to local ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1AJVI5M
Rice competitiveness a worry
The executive committee of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will meet with two ministries today to explore the possibility of reducing the logistical and energy costs of transporting rice, a key factor to keeping Cambodian rice exports competitive compared to neighbouring countries, a CRF official ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-competitiveness-worry
Government of Cambodia seeks double rice exports to China in 2015-16
The government of Cambodia is planning to double rice exports to China in 2015-16 (May-April) to around 200,000 tons, local sources quoted the Ministry of Commerce spokesman as saying. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1c7agRr
Cambodia exports 149,464 tons of rice in January-March 2015; up 77% from last year
Cambodia exported around 149,464 tons of rice the first three months of 2015, up about 77% from around 84,331 tons exported during the same period in 2014, according to data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality (SOWS-REF). Cambodia exported 387,061 ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/22283/cambodia-exports-149464-tons-rice-january-march-2015-77-last-year
Rice trade rebounds with help from China
Cambodian rice exports saw a rebound in March, increasing to 75,867 tonnes and doubling February’s export numbers, on account of increased Chinese imports, which benefitted from the relaxing of import restrictions by the Chinese government, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-trade-rebounds-help-china
Rice lobby, EU discuss Italian trade complaint
A visiting delegation from the European Union met with the Cambodia Rice Federation yesterday to discuss concerns raised by Italian rice producers, who say duty-free Cambodian rice imports are undercutting the Italian market. Sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, said yesterday that the purpose ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rice-lobby-eu-discuss-italian-trade-complaint
CRF calls to tighten code of conduct
The Cambodian Rice Federation has pushed for the full implementation of a code of conduct which bars Cambodian firms from exporting cheap rice from neighbouring countries under its own name. The code of conduct sought to reassure the European Union that Cambodia was not flouting the ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/crf-calls-tighten-code-conduct
Cambodia exporters target to double fragrant organic rice exports in 2015
Currentlt, CEDAC exports fragrant organic rice to the U.S. and Hong Kong. But is exploring export opportunities to Arab countries as well. According to the CEDAC’s organic rice Export Officer, though the price of organic rice is higher, prices are much stable in the international ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodian-rice-exporters-target-double-fragrant-organic-rice-exports-2015
Myanmar, Cambodia seek investors for rice business
Two Southeast Asian countries not particularly known for large agricultural exports, Myanmar and Cambodia, have both declared that they want to participate in the global rice business by intensifying rice farming and milling across their respective countries with the help of foreign investors, including from ...
Arno Maierbrugger
http://www.gulf-times.com/eco.-bus.%20news/256/details/426906/myanmar,-cambodia-seek-investors-for-rice-business
Cambodia unlikely to achieve 1-million-ton rice export by 2015: commerce minister
Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Friday that the country is unlikely to achieve its self-imposed target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015 due to lack of milling capacity and funding. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/06/c_133976076.htm
Cambodia Rice Federation seeks to raise development fund from exporters
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has approved to raise the requisite funding for rice sector development through the export fees paid by the rice exporters, according to local sources. The fund will be reportedly used for educating rice farmers about potential crop issues through television and ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodia-rice-federation-seeks-raise-development-fund-exporters
Rice federation votes, approves export fee
The newly formed Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) voted Monday to require its members pay an export fee of $0.50 per metric ton of long-grain white rice and $1 per ton of fragrant rice in order to raise money for educating farmers and marketing Cambodian rice ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rice-federation-votes-approves-export-fee-77253/
Cambodia exports 387,100 tons of rice in 2014; up 2% from previous year
Cambodia has exported about 387,100 tons of rice in 2014, up about 2% from around 378,856 tons exported in 2013, according to local sources. About 62% of rice exports were destined to Europe, according to sources at the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/cambodia-exports-387100-tons-rice-2014-2-previous-year
Prime minister admits 1 million tonne goal is unlikely for rice sector
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday admitted that the government target of reaching 1 million tonnes of rice exports by 2015 is likely to fail due to a lack of milling capacity and funding. The PM blamed the failure on a lack of investment in rice ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prime-minister-admits-1-million-tonne-goal-unlikely-rice-sector