Cambodia's rice export to China exceeds 300,000 tons for first time in 2021

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PHNOM PENH, Jan 2 (Xinhua): Cambodia's rice export to China surpassed 300,000 tons for the first time in 2021, marking another historic milestone in the rice sector between the two countries, according to a report from the China Certification & Inspection Group (CCIC)'s Cambodia branch this weekend.

The South-East Asian nation exported 306,222 tons of milled rice to China last year, an increase of 22.8 percent from 249,322 tons in a year earlier, Chen Qisheng, general manager of CCIC's Cambodia branch said.