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MoC outlines tasks to secure trade preferences for post-LDC transition

8 October 2024
Khmer Times
Economy and commerce / Ministry of Commerce / Trade
export markets / least-developed country (LDC)

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is negotiating with trading partners to secure favourable trade preferences during the country’s transition period from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, which is set to end in 2029. ...

 Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501570203/moc-outlines-tasks-to-secure-trade-preferences-for-post-ldc-transition/

China remains the largest export market for Cambodia

7 July 2023
Khmer Times
Exports / Markets / Trade
Cambodia- China bilateral trade / export markets / trade relations

The CCFTA, signed in October 2020 and effective since January 2022, was initiated by Cambodian officials with the aim of broadening its trade relations and export markets in China in response to the economic fallout caused by the pandemic, local flooding, and economic pressures and ...

 Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501320543/china-remains-the-largest-export-market-for-cambodia/

Timing of stats questioned

24 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
ADB / agriculture sector / ANZ Royal Bank / ANZ Royal Bank chief executive / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian Institute for Development Study / CIDS / CNRP / construction / CPP / Economic growth / economic outlook / Economics / Europe / export markets / Exports / FDI / Financial sector / foreign direct investment / Garment exports / garment sector / GDP / Grant Knuckey / Gross Domestic Product / industrial sector / Kang Chandararot / MEF / Ministry of Economy and Finance / national elections / public relations / Royal Government of Cambodia / Son Chhay / United States aid

For the first time in recent memory, the Ministry of Economy and Finance has released growth projections for the first half of the year, and the numbers are good. The ministry’s preliminary data claims that from January through June, economic growth stood at 7.6 per ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/timing-stats-questioned

Indonesian Trader Close to $1.5b Cambodia Sales Deal

15 October 2012
The Jakarta Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Rice / Trade
CAID / Cambodia / Cambodia Association for Informal Economy Development / Chinese aid / Europe / export markets / Galuh Prabu Trijaya / Indonesia / Indonesian agricultural machinery / Indonesian fertilizer / majority-owned Cambodia subsidiary / Mekong country / Memorandum of Understanding / rice farmer association / Signature International Commodities / Southeast Asia / The United States / Trading company

Trading company Galuh Prabu Trijaya is closing in on a deal with Cambodia that could boost sales of Indonesian fertilizer and agricultural machinery by $1.5 billion over five years. The deal would double Indonesia’s annual exports to the Mekong country, as the largest economy in Southeast ...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/indonesian-trader-close-to-15b-cambodia-sales-deal/550207

Garment Exports to EU Catching Up With US

2 October 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Trade
business development / European Union aid / export markets / Exports / Garment exports / Garment factories / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / garment sector / GMAC / Ministry of Commerce / textile manufacturers / Textiles / trade partners / United States aid

The value of garment and shoe exports to the European Union are expected to reach the same level as those sent to the U.S. by 2013, an official from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said yesterday. Garment, textile and shoe exports to the E.U. ...

Industry Sector

20 June 2012
Economics Today
Economy and commerce
2012 / 2013 / Cambodian textile products / Europe / European market / export markets / export value / garment products / garment sub sector / growth estimate / growth rate / industry sector / lower growth rate / textile / textile products / United States aid / US market

The real growth rate of the industry sector has been revised downwardly by half a percentage point against the previous estimate to 8.8 percent year-on-year in 2012. A scaling down of the growth estimate of the textile and garment sub sector, as a result of persistently weaker demand in the European and US ...

http://www.etmcambodia.com/

PM pushes edible exports

15 May 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
Cambodian food and beverage companies / domestic market / export markets / export products / Hun Sen / Khmer Brewery / Prime Minister Hun Sen

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged Cambodian food and beverage companies to look to export markets. The call, made at the opening ceremony of the Khmer Brewery, came in the wake of similar exhortations from international organisations for Cambodia to diversify its exports. “Now, we are not ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051556160/Business/pm-pushes-edible-exports.html

Bank Forecasts Drop in GDP Growth to 6.5%

12 April 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Economy and commerce / Exports / Multilateral development assistance / Trade
ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Economic growth / Europe / Eurozone / export markets / GDP / GDP growth / US

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday revised its prediction for economic growth in Cambodia down to 6.5 percent as it warned that weakening demand from markets in the US and Europe could affect exports leaving the country. The ADB’s biannual outlook report for 2012 also said ...