Cambodia’s total trades hit 5.46 billion USD in last 6 months, up 49 pct

PHNOM PENH, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia’s import and export trades had mounted 5.46 billion U.S. dollars in the first half  of this year, 49 percent rise from 3.67 billion U.S. dollars in the same period a year ago, showed the statistics from the Ministry of  Commerce on Monday.
  From January to June this year, the country had imported goods in the total value of 3.24 billion U.S. dollars, up 48 percent  from 2.18 billion U.S. dollars in the same period last year.
  The main imported products were garment and textile raw materials of 1.22 billion U.S. dollars, up 19.6 percent; petroleum of  692 million U.S. dollars, up 133 percent; construction materials of 352 million U.S. dollars, up 278 percent; automobiles and  motorcycles of 179 million U.S. dollars, up 57 percent; food and soft drinks of 73 million U.S. dollars, up 28 percent; and  pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, chemical substances and miscellaneous items of 724 million U.S. dollars, up 21 percent.
  On the export side, the figure showed that the country had exported products in total amount of 2.22 billion U.S. dollars, up 49  percent from 1.49 billion U.S. dollars.
  The main products this country exported included garment and textile in equivalent to 1.93 billion U.S. dollars, up 46 percent;  rubber latex of 102 million U.S. dollars, up 240 percent; rice of 45 million U.S. dollars, up 71 percent; and the rest amount was  the products of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
  The main foreign trade partners with Cambodia are the United States, European countries, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and  Canada.