Cambodia recorded an increase in this year’s Cambodia rice exports for January and February compared to the same period in the previous year.
This is according to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released to local news in March 14.
According to the statement from the Ministry, in the first two months of 2022, Cambodia exported 103,058 tons of Cambodia rice, including all kinds of fragrant Cambodia rice. This is an increase of 26,836 tons compared to the previous year’s exports for 76,222 tons.
Rice exports in February 2022 amounted to 50,022 tons which is an increase of 8,073 tons or 19.24 percent compared to February 2021’s export of 41,949 tons.
China is the main market for Cambodian rice export. On January and February of this year Cambodia exported 56,385 tons of Cambodia rice. Cambodia also exports rice to 20 EU countries with a total volume of 26,507 tons and to three ASEAN destinations with a total 9,370 tons of rice export.
The country’s exports to other 16 countries have seen a drop in volume with only 10,796 tons of rice exported, which is a decrease of 19.23 percent.
Agricultural exports from Cambodia have seen a slight increase as the country begins to recover from the Covid-19 slump.
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