Large number of Chinese firms to join Cambodian expo

11 December 2013
Global Times
Economy and commerce / Government / International relations / Investment / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
Guangxi province / Imports and Exports Exhibition / Ministry of Commerce / Trade Promotions Department

Eighty-four Chinese companies would have their products displayed for the first time in Cambodia’s annual Imports and Exports Exhibition to be held in Phnom Penh on Dec. 15-18, officials said Tuesday. Ouprum Vorak, deputy chief of the Trade Promotions Department at Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, said that some 337 companies from 17 countries would display their products at the expo. … Xu Houchun, deputy director of the Foreign Trade Division of the Commerce Department of Guangxi province, said currently Chinese investors from Guangxi have invested 320 million US dollars in 30 projects in Cambodia. … Cambodia-China trade volume was worth 2.83 billion U. S. dollars in the first nine months of 2013. The leaders of the two countries vowed last year to boost the volume to 5 billion US dollars by 2017.

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