Cambodia's non-textile industrial exports up 50%

Cambodia exported US$755.34 million worth of electrical equipment and electronic components to international markets in 2020, up 31.49 per cent compared to $574.44 million in 2019, according to the Ministry of Commerce. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, July 20 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia earned US$1.8997 billion from the export of non-textile-based industrial products in the first half of this year, an increase of 49.9 per cent from US$1.2672 billion in the same period of 2020, the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) reported.

The sound growth in the exports was a result of the implementation of the government’s policy on industrial diversification in Cambodia, said the GDCE, a department under the Ministry of Economy and Finance.