Cambodia-China trade exceeds 8.1 billion USD in 2020
The bilateral trade between Cambodia and China last year was valued at more than 8.1 billion, sliding down 5.2 percent compared to a year earlier, Cambodian news agency AKP reported.
A garment worker in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: Nikkei)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The bilateral trade between Cambodia and China last year was valued at more than 8.1 billion USD, sliding down 5.2 percent compared to a year earlier, Cambodian news agency AKP reported.
According to the data from Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce, the country’s exports to the world’s second largest economic nation in 2020 saw a year-on-year increase by 8.1 percent to over 1.08 billion USD.
Meanwhile, Cambodia spent roughly 7.03 billion USD on goods imported from China, down 6.9 percent compared to that in 2019.
The decrease in imports from China was mainly due to the slowdown of importing raw materials for garment factories because of the lockdown or restriction measures imposed to contain the COVID-19 spread.
Cambodia mostly exported agricultural products including milled rice, mangoes, and cassava to China, and imported industrial products, raw materials, and construction materials from China.
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A garment worker in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: Nikkei)
