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Cambodian agri exports rise 7.8% to 8.6M tonnes
Cambodia formally exported 8.6 million tonnes of agricultural products to 74 markets last year worth nearly $5 billion, up 7.8 per cent from the 7.9 million tonnes booked in 2021, as agriculture contributed 22.2 per cent of the Kingdom’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP), according ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-agri-exports-rise-78-86m-tonnes
$100M in rice financing set to ratchet up productivity
The rice industry has applauded government plans to invest an additional $100 million in the near future, towards ramping up production of the grains as well as the procurement of paddy for export-oriented processing. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/100m-rice-financing-set-ratchet-productivity
Promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector discussed
The promotion of Cambodia’s rice sector was further discussed between Ministry of Commerce and Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) to be able to penetrate more foreign markets, especially the European Union (EU) markets. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501244826/promotion-of-cambodias-rice-sector-discussed/
Rice mills get in on contract farming
Representative of at least 41 rice millers have expressed willingness to enter into contract-farming arrangements with agricultural cooperatives to ensure ample supplies of responsibly-sourced grains of desired varieties, as pundits voice strong support for the practice as a catalyst to unleash the export potential of ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-mills-get-contract-farming
CRF aims sky high with milled-rice export targets
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) has set full-year milled-rice export targets for the Kingdom at 750,000 tonnes in 2023 and one million tonnes in 2025, which would constitute 17.7 per cent and 57.0 per cent increases from the 637,004 tonnes – valued at $414.29 million ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-aims-sky-high-milled-rice-export-targets
Cambodia eyes exporting 1 million tons milled rice by 2025
The Cambodia Rice Federation has set an ambitious goal to export at least a million tons of milled rice by 2025, an over 50 percent increase compared to the export figure in 2022. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230991/cambodia-eyes-exporting-1-million-tons-milled-rice-by-2025/
CRF, TIKA reach MoU to improve Cambodian rice farmers’ livelihoods
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) have reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which will improve the livelihoods of rice farmers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501206284/crf-tika-reach-mou-to-improve-cambodian-rice-farmers-livelihoods/
Cambodia wins lawsuit opposing European Commission revoking rice import tariffs
Cambodia has won a legal battle after legally contesting the European Commission’s decision to revoke tariffs on rice imports from the Kingdom. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-wins-lawsuit-opposing-european-commission-revoking-rice-import-tariffs
Tina unveils plans for high-quality rice
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina has unveiled plans to boost the use of high-quality rice seeds. The new varieties, he said, would give higher yields using fewer seeds, grow quickly and be resistant to pests and disease. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tina-unveils-plans-high-quality-rice
CRF looks to prop up milled rice sales to US
Cambodia is set to embark on a new drive to boost exports of fragrant and organic milled rice to the US, after the apex industry body gained new insights into the huge potential of the market, according to its chief. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-looks-prop-milled-rice-sales-us
NOTICES Agri exports to China hit 2.4M tonnes worth $1.9B in last 42 months
Agricultural exports to China in the 14 quarters to June 30 amounted to 2.4 million tonnes, worth $1.942 billion, said a Chinese embassy report citing Cambodian agriculture ministry data, as the government’s new policies to boost productivity in the field and turn the Kingdom into ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agri-exports-china-hit-24m-tonnes-worth-19b-last-42-months
Cambodia’s milled rice export up 16% in H1
Cambodia exported 327,000 tonnes of milled rice in the first semester this year, an increase of 16 percent compared to the same period last year, earning the country $279 million, according to a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501115793/cambodias-milled-rice-export-up-16-in-h1/
Cambodia's rice exports to ASEAN increase by 9 per cent over last year
Cambodia has exported over 25,000 tonnes of milled rice to ASEAN countries in the first five months of this year, an increase of 9 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-rice-exports-asean-increase-9-cent-over-last-year
Jan-Apr rice exports exceed half a billion dollars
Cambodia netted more than $516 million from the export of paddy and milled rice in the first four months of 2022, despite uncertainty brought upon by Covid-19 outbreaks in key markets. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-apr-rice-exports-exceed-half-billion-dollars
ARDB approves $30M in rice industry loans
The Agricultural and Rural Development Bank of Cambodia (ARDB) has approved $30 million in loans to the rice industry for the construction of warehouses and drying silos in four provinces, as it revealed plans to set up mobile offices in five more sites to reach ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-approves-30m-rice-industry-loans
Cambodia’s rice exports not impacted by Russia-Ukraine crisis
The Russia-Ukraine conflict will have no significant influence on Cambodia’s rice exports, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501036920/cambodias-rice-exports-not-impacted-by-russia-ukraine-crisis/
Rice exports close January with a bang
Cambodia exported more than $96.3 million worth of milled and paddy rice in the first month of this year, providing positive signs for the industry on the whole, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-close-january-bang
Rice exports top 3M tonnes in Jan-Oct
Even as a shipping-container shortage and rising transportation costs stymie the growth of milled rice exports to European and other Western markets, Cambodia managed to ship out 3,119,829 tonnes of the crop abroad, worth $957.30 million, in the first 10 months of 2021, according to ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-exports-top-3m-tonnes-jan-oct
Milled-rice exports surge 43% in Jul-Sept
Cambodia exported 130,248 tonnes of milled rice in July-September valued at more than $81 million, representing a 42.95-per-cent rise in volume from the 91,115 tonnes posted in the same period last year, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) reported earlier this week. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/milled-rice-exports-surge-43-jul-sept
Rice sector gets $50M boost for summer-autumn season
Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) members have received about $50 million in loans for working capital to buy paddy from farmers during the ongoing early-rice, or summer-autumn harvest season, which is expected to yield nearly three million tonnes, according to a senior CRF official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-sector-gets-50m-boost-summer-autumn-season
Indigenous people in Cambodia play vital role in organic rice production development
Indigenous people play a very vital role in the development of safe (organic) agricultural products and sustainable, according to Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912652/indigenous-people-in-cambodia-play-vital-role-in-organic-rice-production-development/
Trade body, MFI hatching plans to fund rice sector
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and AMK Microfinance Institution Plc are brainstorming plausible approaches to jointly channel finance into the rice sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-body-mfi-hatching-plans-fund-rice-sector
CRF head asks city hall to ease market circulation of rice
A prominent rice industry representative on April 19 asked the Phnom Penh authorities to loosen constraints on the movement of milled rice within restricted areas in the capital and adjacent Takmao town, amid a two-week lockdown that has been imposed to contain the current spread ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-head-asks-city-hall-ease-market-circulation-rice
Local rice producers sell at discount
A number of Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) member companies have reduced retail prices of milled rice by 10,000-20,000 riel ($2.50-5) per 50kg sack to participate in government efforts to improve people’s livelihoods during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and adjacent Takhmao town ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-rice-producers-sell-discount