Containers at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port. (Source: Khmer Times)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in southernCambodia received more than 200 containers of raw materials from China on March9.
The shipments are expected to fill the shortage in raw materialswhich has hampered the production of hundreds of garment factories.
However, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia(GMAC) said these materials may not be enough to meet demands.
GMAC secretary-general Ken Loo said that the garment sectorneeds 2,000 containers of raw materials to produce 1,000 containers of finalproducts weekly.
Kun Nhim, director-general of the General Department ofCustoms and Excise, said the Chinese ship SITC JIANSU arrived at Cambodia’s portwith 212 containers, of which 102 carried raw materials for garments.
During a national road inauguration in Pursat province onMarch 9, Prime Minister Hun Sen said seven ships of raw materials from Chinaare set to arrive to help alleviate production setbacks in the country amid theCOVID-19 outbreak.
The shipment of raw materials, he said, will last until May, when it is expected to see COVID-19 fears abated and theoperations of the affected garment factories resumed.
The GMAC last month said more than 60 percent of rawmaterials used in factories in the country are imported from China. Due to theshortage, government officials have estimated up to 30,000 garment factoryworkers could lose their jobs this month if the situation does not improve./.
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Containers at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port. (Source: Khmer Times) 
