Friday, April 20, 2012

Cambodia's foreign trade volume up 19 pct in Q1 to 3.19 bln USD

PHNOM PENH, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's total trade volume with foreign countries had mounted to 3.19 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2012, up by 19 percent from 2.68 billion dollars in the same period a year ago, according to the statistics of the Commerce Ministry on Thursday.
From January to March this year, the country had exported products worth 1.36 billion U.S. dollars, up 20 percent from 1.13 billion dollars in the same period last year, the reports said.
The main exports include garment and textile, rubber latex, rice, and products of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
On the import side, the country imported goods worth 1.83 billion dollars, up 18 percent from 1.55 billion dollars. The imported products included garment and textile raw materials, petroleum, construction materials, automobiles and motorcycles, food and soft drinks, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics.
Cambodia's main trading partners include the United States, European countries, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Canada.

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