Cambodia sowing seeds for more milled-rice sales to China, Asean

The Kingdom shipped a total of 280,450 tonnes of milled rice to 49 international markets over the January-June period, valued at $202.67 million. - PPP

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN):The Kingdom is seeking to diversify milled-rice export destination markets, placing a greater focus on China and Asean countries, according to Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) president Song Saran.

This comes amid a steady decline in Cambodian milled-rice exports to the EU, a result of skyrocketing sea freight rates in more than a year of the Covid-19 crisis.