Cambodia's foreign trade up 15%

23 April 2014

Cambodia's trade volume with foreign countries has increased by 15 percent in the first quarter of 2014. The figures of the Commerce Ministry showed that the Southeast Asian nation's total trade volume was valued at 4.46 billion U.S. dollars during the January-March period this year, up 15 percent from 3.88 billion U.S. dollars in the same period last year.

Of the amount, the country had exported products in equivalent to 1.99 billion U.S. dollars, up 19 percent year-on-year, while it had imported goods in a total amount of 2.47 billion U.S. dollars, up 12 percent year-on-year.

The country's main trading partners are European countries, the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.

Garment products accounted for more than 80 percent of the country's total exports.

The growth in trade volume was thanks to good relations and cooperation between Cambodia and other countries.

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