Hong Kong calls for hike in imports

2 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Rice / Trade
Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia / Hong Kong / Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / John C Tsang / Phnom Penh / rice / rice exports / rice price / Thailand / Trade / Vietnamese companies

After a visit to Phnom Penh last week, John C Tsang, finance secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, took to his blog to call for more direct imports of Cambodian rice, which he says comes through a third country. In a post on June 30, Tsang said Thai and Vietnamese companies import rice from Cambodia at a comparatively low cost, and after additional processing, re-export to Hong Kong. …

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