Cambodia sees 21 pct rise in garment exports in first 8 months

Cambodia’s garment industry, the kingdom’s largest income maker, recorded 3.65 billion U.S. dollars in export value in the first eight months of the year, up 21 percent from 3.01 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. … Cambodian apparels are mostly sold to the United States and European countries, with some to Canada, Japan, South Korea and China, said the ministry’s report. … In 2012, the impoverished Southeast Asian nation generated 4.6 billion U.S. dollars from garment exports.

Xinhuanet News Staff
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