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Erratic power supply irks millers
Rice millers in Battambang province are seeing red due to an erratic power supply affecting their production and causing them to lose money. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079872/erratic-power-supply-irks-millers/
After prod, Rice Federation springs to action
The Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will work closely with the government to curb Vietnamese rice imports flooding the domestic market and channel more lending to domestic millers so that they can compete with rivals in neighboring countries, it said yesterday in a statement. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22407/after-prod--rice-federation-springs-to-action/
ASEAN still a tough market for rice exports despite AEC
Cambodian rice exports are finding new markets and rising demand in ASEAN this year, but officials and exporters are not linking this to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), saying it was too early to tell what impact the regional trade bloc – which took effect ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21156/asean-still-a-tough-market-for-rice-exports-despite-aec/
Rice prices continue to fall
As buyers swoop in to purchase Thai rice at garage-sale prices, Cambodian exporters are dealing with lower than usual rates, and the results are being felt all the way down the supply chain to the farmers themselves. New figures from rice industry publication Oryza show that ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-prices-continue-fall
Thai rice failure hitting Cambodia
While last year was full of good news for Cambodian rice exports, which hit a record-breaking 378,800 tons, 2014 is getting off to a much slower start. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s controversial pledge to pay farmers above market rates for their rice is coming ...
Chan Muy Hong and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-rice-failure-hitting-cambodia