Cambodia’s Trade Volume Up 28 Percent in the First 2 Months of This Year

Cambodia’s Trade Volume Up 28 Percent in the First 2 Months of This Year

Daily Update from Local Newspapers

March 25, 2013

 

Phnom Penh: According to the Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia’s import and export trade volume had amounted to 2.7 billion USD in the first two months of this year, up 28% compared to the 2.1 billion USD in the same period last year. From January to February this year, the country had imported goods in the total value of 1.58 billion USD, up 37%. At the meantime, it had exported items in equivalent to 1.13 billion USD, up 18%.

The Cambodia’s main imported products are garment and textile raw materials, petroleum, construction materials, automobiles and motorcycles, consuming items, food and soft drinks, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics, while it exported garments and footwear, rubber latex, milled rice, corn and cassava. Besides, Cambodia’s main foreign trading partners are the United States, European countries, China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Last year, the country’s total trade volume was 13.63 billion USD, up 19%, according to the Commerce Ministry. (Rasmei Kampuchea 23 March)