In the first 10 months of 2022, from January to October, Cambodia earned more than $396 million from the export of rubber and rubber wood said the report of the General Department of Rubber.
The report, released to local news on November 18, said that as of October, the total revenue of rubber and rubber wood exports was at $396,140,634.
In terms of export volume, as of October 2022, Cambodia exported 264,918 tonnes of rubber, a decrease of 1,552 tonnes, compared to the same period last year. The export of rubber wood reached 1,683 cubic metres.
The average selling price of rubber as of October 2022 was $1,482 per tonne, down $181 per ton, or 11 percent from the same period last year. As of November 2022, the total rubber production area is 404,044 hectares, of which 310,193 hectares are rubber plantations.
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