Gas Imports Grow to Nearly 1M Tons This Year

20 July 2012
The Cambodia Daily
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Oil imports to Cambodia in the first half of the year increased 22 percent to nearly 1 million tons compared to the same period last year, according to figures obtained yesterday from the Ministry of Commerce. According to the data, Cambodia imported 922,860 tons of gas in the first six months at a cost of $921 million, compared to the $693 million spent on 756,100 tons of gas over the first six months in 2011. The growing number of cars in the country contributed to the increase in demand, according to the data, which showed that Cambodia imported 486,827 cars in the first six months of this year, a 45.26 percent rise over the same period in the previous year. A total of $239.2 million was spent on vehicles in the first six months of this year, a 33.29 percent rise compared to 2011. …