Thursday, January 22, 2015

Double digit growth for trade volume in 2014


5 January 2015

Cambodia’s trade volume this year was valued at $18.1 billion, a 13.8 per cent increase from $15.9 billion in 2013.

The Kingdom’s exports increased by $800 million while its imports increased by $1.4 billion. Cambodia’s economic growth rate and increasing trade links in the region. An increase in the volume of bilateral trade between Cambodia and some countries such as China, which signed an agreement to import 100,000 tons of rice from Cambodia. The country’s export volume increased from $6.9 billion in 2013 to $7.7 billion this year, up 11.6%, while the total import volume was up from $9 billion last year to $10.4 billion, up 15.5%.

The increasing import value, he said, was due to growth in the construction, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors.

Source:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/double-digit-growth-trade-volume-2014

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