Cambodia to boost China rice exports
Cambodia expects to export around 300,000 tonnes of milled rice to China per year, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said during the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Siem Reap. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming on Tuesday night, Cham Prasidh said that during the bilateral talk, both sides discussed how to export more cassava, corn and rice to China from Cambodia. The Chinese minister also expressed the intention to promote investment from China to rice processing and garment in Cambodia…. The bilateral trade between Cambodia and China reached nearly $2.5 billion in 2011 while leaders from the two countries pledged to double the amount by 2017. …
