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Rice millers can now get $20 mil
Rice millers in the country will now be able to access the government’s promised emergency loan of $20 million to purchase paddy rice from farmers in a bid to prevent rice prices from falling further, the Rural Development Bank (RDB) announced yesterday. Rural Development Bank CEO ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29939/rice-millers--can-now--get--20-mil/
Terms announced on rice lending package
The government-owned bank charged with issuing $27 million in emergency loans to rice millers as part of an initiative aimed at propping up the struggling rice industry announced the terms of the credit lines yesterday, and said it would ensure that the funds were used ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/terms-announced-rice-lending-package
Prime minister seeks $300 million from china for rice sector
In the latest effort to mitigate the impact of plummeting rice prices, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the government was seeking $300 million from China to boost the capacity of rice millers and provide funds to them for purchasing paddy from farmers. ...
Kuch Naren and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-seeks-300-million-china-rice-sector-118209/
Exports to US rise over 9 percent last year
With the American economy expanding, Cambodia’s total export to the country increased slightly more than 9 per cent last year over 2014, the latest US trade data shows. ... ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21104/exports-to-us-rise-over-9-percent-last-year/
Cambodia ‘invited to join TPP
Cambodia has been invited to join the Washington-brokered Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP), which has been described as a deal that will create the largest free-trade zone in the world if it is implemented, a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance said. ... ...
Vincent MacIsaac
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20054/cambodia----invited-to-join-tpp---/
Port begins roadshow for IPO with cautious optimism
PHNOM PENH Autonomous Port (PPAP) began it roadshow yesterday to attract investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), saying the share price will range between $1.08 and $1.50 and that 35 percent of them had already been booked. ... ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16919/port-begins-roadshow-for-ipo-with-cautious-optimism/