Tag Archives: Trade

Biofuel production plant to reopen

MH Bio-Energy Cambodia, which is the Cambodia’s first biofuel plant located in Kandal province, is set to reopen in October after closing earlier this year because of the high crops prices. The plant started operating in Cambodia in November 2008 by investing initially US$30 million. The plant was closed temporarily in April 2010 due to … Continue reading

Bilateral trade with Thailand increased

Thai Embassy’s Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) released statistics by showing that international trade between Cambodia and Thailand has increased more than 80 percent during the first four months of 2010, compared to the same period last year. During April 2010, the bilateral trade was estimated to total USD$386 million alone. Exchanged goods with neighboring … Continue reading

PM attracted $6bn Vietnamese investment

Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen departed Vietnam on Saturday in order to attend a Vietnamese investor’s conference in Ho Chi Minh City. During this time, Cambodia and Vietnam has agreements with US$6 billion worth of investment into Cambodia to strengthen the cooperation in four sectors of commerce, tourism, energy and transportation. The agreements were signed … Continue reading

Russian trade increased 30pc

Since the bilateral trade between Cambodian and Russia increased 30 percent, even though the Russian investment in Cambodia is estimated to be lower this year, compared to the last year. Dilyara Borovik, a counselor at the Russian Embassy, gave a speech at the an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the Russian Cultural Center … Continue reading

Cambodia-Vietnam Trade dropped 28 pc

Within the month of October of 2009, the bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam declined by 28 percent, compared to the same time last year, According to Le Bien Cuong, the Commercial Attaché at the Vietnamese Embassy to the media. The latest figures reveal the trades between Cambodia and Vietnam this year, totaling US$1.049 billion … Continue reading

Cambodia’s Kampot Pepper Makes a Comeback

Kampot province in southern Cambodia has long been famous for the quality of its pepper. During the French colonial era, thousands of acres of the spice were grown there. But under the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s, the province’s pepper plantations were uprooted to make way for rice. However, a local company is … Continue reading