http://khmerian.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:22:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://khmerian.com/2011/05/garment-inputs-hit-with-price-increase/ http://khmerian.com/2011/05/garment-inputs-hit-with-price-increase/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 14:22:38 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=2262 THE value of Cambodia’s imports of raw garment material increased by nearly 50 percent in the first quarter compared year-on-year, while volumes of material declined by some 24 percent, according to data from Camcontrol, a division of the Ministry of Commerce. Figures show import volumes dropped to 98,888.46 tonnes in the first quarter 2011 from … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2011/05/garment-inputs-hit-with-price-increase/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2011/02/un-rights-envoy-meets-with-union-leaders/ http://khmerian.com/2011/02/un-rights-envoy-meets-with-union-leaders/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:24:55 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/un-rights-envoy-meets-with-union-leaders/ Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2011/02/un-rights-envoy-meets-with-union-leaders/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/11/garment-exports-dropped-21-pc-in-2009/ http://khmerian.com/2009/11/garment-exports-dropped-21-pc-in-2009/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:42:11 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=798 The global economic recession is still plaguing Cambodia’s garment industries, which is the nation’s main revenues and created jobs for Cambodian people from different provinces. During the last 9 months from January to September 2009, garment export decreased 21.66 percent, compared with the same period of 2008. The Ministry of Commerce released data; it shows … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/11/garment-exports-dropped-21-pc-in-2009/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/smes-key-to-growth/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/smes-key-to-growth/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:38:05 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=312 CAMBODIAN economists and trade officials have urged the government to focus on small and medium-sized entreprises rather than foreign investment to boost the economy during the global downturn. “Only small and medium-sized enterprises can be used as a tool to boost our growth,” said Kang Chandararot, director of the Cambodia Institute for Development Study. He … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/smes-key-to-growth/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/low-garment-sales-poor-tourism-to-hit-cambodia-imf/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/low-garment-sales-poor-tourism-to-hit-cambodia-imf/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:51:54 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=271 PHNOM PENH, March 6 (Reuters) – A slowdown in garment exports and a drop in the number of tourists could cause Cambodia’s economy to shrink 0.5 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. That is a big turnaround from the 4.8 percent growth the IMF had forecast in November. “Garment exports are … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/low-garment-sales-poor-tourism-to-hit-cambodia-imf/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/economic-meltdown/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/economic-meltdown/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:08:01 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=259 THE current economic crisis is unravelling before us faster than even the most pessimistic of experts predicted just a few months ago. The effects are already trickling down to ordinary working people. In the Asia Pacific region, the International Labour Organisation has projected that as many as 27 million more people could become unemployed this … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/economic-meltdown/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/02/global-economic-crisis-led-to-factory-closings/ http://khmerian.com/2009/02/global-economic-crisis-led-to-factory-closings/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:18:31 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=209 MOST garment factories that shut down in 2008 did so because of the global economic crisis, which resulted in a rapid decrease in purchase orders from key markets, according to a report completed last week by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. The report, presented Tuesday at a seminar in Phnom Penh, states that … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/02/global-economic-crisis-led-to-factory-closings/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/02/asean-trade-hits-2bn/ http://khmerian.com/2009/02/asean-trade-hits-2bn/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:39:23 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=201 CAMBODIA’S trade with Asean increased by 23 percent in 2008 to US$2.189 billion up from $1.775 billion the previous year, according to official figures, as the Kingdom’s trade deficit with its neighbours expanded close to $2 billion. Thon Virak, deputy director general of the Directorate General of International Trade at the Ministry of Commerce, told … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/02/asean-trade-hits-2bn/feed/ 0