After criticism, Ministry restores company database

Just days after a human rights group criticized the Commerce Ministry for stripping its newly revamped website of detailed information on businesses operating in Cambodia, the ministry restored its searchable database. ...

Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-criticism-ministry-restores

New Commerce Ministry website lacks facts

As the only finalist in its category at Thursday’s Cambodia Information and Communications Technology awards, the Commerce Ministry looks likely to take home first prize for its newly overhauled website. ...

Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-commerce-ministry-website-lacks-facts-86466/

Thai business seeks openings in Cambodia

In anticipation of increasingly adverse export conditions, entrepreneurs from six northeastern provinces of Thailand are trying to strengthen ties with their counterparts here. ...

Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12544/thai-business-seeks-openings-in-cambodia/

Cambodia-China trade to top $5 billion by 2017

Bilateral trade between China and Cambodia will be worth more than $5 billion by 2017, up from $3.75 billion last year, according to estimates made public by the Ministry of Commerce on Monday. ...

Tsz-kwan Ho and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-china-trade-to-top-5-billion-by-2017-86222/

Cambodia, Thailand eyeing over US$5 Billion in trade this year

Cambodia and Thailand are targeting to boost bilateral trade to more than US$5 billion in 2015, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. In the first quarter of 2015, bilateral trade between both countries reached over US$1.6 billion. ...

Bernama News Staff
http://bit.ly/1MDvAKX

We want your business, UN tells local firms

The $1.6-billion Untac mission of the early 1990s injected a huge amount of money into Cambodia’s economy. Now, the U.N. wants to pump millions more into the country—this time by buying up the offerings of local businesses. ...

Kang Sothear and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/we-want-your-business-un-tells-local-firms-85035/

Cambodia has 1,087 garment, shoe factories with 700,000 workers: minister

Cambodian Labor Minister Ith Samheng said on Sunday that the country’s garment and footwear industries, the kingdom’s largest foreign currency earner, are comprised of 1,087 factories with 700,000 direct jobs. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1D4gXdw

Government of Cambodia seeks double rice exports to China in 2015-16

The government of Cambodia is planning to double rice exports to China in 2015-16 (May-April) to around 200,000 tons, local sources quoted the Ministry of Commerce spokesman as saying. ...

Oryza News Staff
http://bit.ly/1c7agRr

Cambodia's rice export increases by 77 pct in three months

Cambodia exported 149,464 tons of rice in the first three months of 2015, up 77 percent over the same period last year, according to data of the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1MVsDJK

Products edge closer to GI status

Feasibility studies on achieving Geographical Indication status for Thma Koul rice, Kampot durian and Cambodian golden silk have been completed, officials said yesterday. Ouk Prachea, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, said the ministry was waiting for the results of the studies done by ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/products-edge-closer-gi-status

Businesswoman claims minister behind arrest

A businesswoman who was arrested in Thailand in December and extradited to Cambodia over charges of plotting to rape and murder the wife and daughter of the country’s commerce minister claimed after being denied bail by the Appeal Court on Tuesday that the minister was ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businesswoman-claims-minister-behind-arrest-79044/

MoC says registration online will boost rank

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday that his ministry was initiating reforms that would see Cambodia’s ease of starting a business ranking leap from the current 184 to 21. He said the government would also need to make changes to the Company Registration Law, reduce ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/moc-says-registration-online-will-boost-rank

Time for business to step up

Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol called on business owners to clean up their activities in the Kingdom, in order to remain competitive, especially in light of the ASEAN Economic Community integration due to be realised at the end of the year. Private sector companies have traditionally raised ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/time-business-step

Commerce Ministry takes AEC on the road

The Ministry of Commerce will lead a series of provincial forums next week aimed at promoting greater awareness of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) among rural businesses. Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol is to talk about both the challenges and opportunities that deeper regional economic integration will ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/commerce-ministry-takes-aec-road

CNRP calls for government intervention in agriculture

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has called on the government to intervene in the softening prices of Cambodian agricultural commodities. In a letter passed to Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, via National Assembly president Heng Samrin, a group of opposition lawmakers has raised concerns ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cnrp-calls-government-intervention-agriculture

Cambodia to begin rice exports to various countries

Cambodia’s minister of commerce has announced that the country will step up efforts to export rice to Africa, Middle East and the European Union. In his three-day visit to Kuwait in December 2014, Chanthol aimed at opening new avenues for Cambodian-made agricultural goods to enter ...

Far Eastern Agriculture News Staff
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4483:cambodia-to-start-rice-export-to-various-countries&catid=1083&Itemid=98

Kuwaitis encouraged to invest in Cambodia

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol has urged Kuwaiti investors to take advantage of the new economic laws aimed at targeting and encouraging foreign investors notably in the sectors of industry and agriculture. In his statements while visiting the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) News Staff
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2411719&language=en

Amb. Al-Tuwaijri highlights importance of Cambodian Min. visit to Kuwait

Kuwait’s Ambassador to Cambodia Dhrar Al-Tuwaijri Thursday stressed the significance of upcoming visit of the Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol to Kuwait, slated for November 30. The visit reflects development of relationship between the two countries and mutual desire to promote trade and economic cooperation, ...

Kuwait News Agency Staff
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2411065&language=en

Commerce Minister announces reduction in petrol prices

Gasoline prices have been decreased by 300 Riel per liter, according to an announcement issued Thursday by Ministry of Commerce. The oil prices of four companies are decreased from current 5,050 Riel to 4,750 Riel per liter for gasoline, while from 4,750 Riel to 4,500 ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/commerce-minister-announces-reduction-in-petrol-prices-7695

Global rice traders in Cambodia to explore business opportunities

Some 300 rice traders and millers from around 40 countries met here on Wednesday to seek opportunities to expand their rice businesses, officials said. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Rice Conference, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said the conference was an opportunity for Cambodia ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141119/global-rice-traders-cambodia-explore-business-opportunities

Cambodia, China launch conference on trade, investment promotion

Cambodia and southwestern China’s Chongqing city on Friday jointly organized a conference on trade and investment, aiming at further enhancing bilateral ties and cooperation, officials said. The half-day event was attended by some 20 Chinese company representatives from Chongqing city and around 80 Cambodian commerce officials ...

Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/11-15/142828.shtml

Cambodia, Japan trade up

Cambodia is quickly becoming a hub for Japanese exports, according to the latest figures from the Japan External Trade Agency, JETRO. The state-run agency’s latest trade figures show Cambodia exported more than $584 million worth of locally made products to Japan over the first nine months ...

Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-japan-trade

New companies registered in Cambodia jump 36 pct in 9 months

Cambodia has issued operating licenses to 3,025 new companies in the first nine months of 2014, up 36 percent over the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. Foreign companies were 1,335, an increase of 20 percent, as local registrations saw a ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141104/new-companies-registered-cambodia-jump-36-pct-9-months

France to train garment firms

French textile and garment association Evalliance yesterday signed an agreement with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) to provide training for middle-management workers in the industry. Speaking at the signing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Van Sou Ieng, chairman of GMAC said the agreement aims to ...

Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/france-train-garment-firms

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