Halal food exports could boost trade
Cambodia could attract an increasing number of Malaysian investors interested in food production and global export if moves to create a halal food recognition body were implemented, Malaysian ambassador Mond Tahir Nasruddin said yesterday. Officials were working together to establish the halal food product recognition institution, Nasruddin said. A halal food recognition body was on the agenda, but officials had not yet made a decision on whether to establish it by royal decree or sub-decree or by prakas because officials had to understand the issue first, Mao Thora, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, said. ... According to statistics from Malaysia's Trade Commission, trade between Cambodia and Malaysia has increased 41.7 per cent from US $229 million in 2010 to $324 million in 2011. ...
