Cambodia’s garment exports up 17 pct in Q1

Cambodia exported garment and textile products in equivalent to 1.34 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2013, up 17 percent from 1.14 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, the Commerce Ministry’s report showed Friday. … Garment industry is the country’s largest income earner, representing more than 80 percent of the country’s exports. The sector consists of more than 300 factories, employing about 350,000 workers. The whole year of 2012, the country exported garment products in equivalent to 4.6 billion U.S. dollars, up 8 percent year-on- year.

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