Quality control to lift exports

19 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural policy and administration / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Exports / Government / Infrastructure / International relations / Markets / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Commerce / Non-DAC members / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
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China will work with Cambodian officials to broaden the range of agricultural products that the Asian economic giant allows to be imported from the Kingdom, government officials said yesterday.

Ken Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, confirmed that China’s General Administration, Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) had agreed to establish a joint task force, which will develop a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) protocol, granting more Cambodian agricultural produce, such as pepper, mangos and cashews, access to the Chinese market. …

 Chan Muyhong
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