Cambodia's international non-gold sales hit US$20bil last year, US still top buyer

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PHNOM PENH, April 10 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The US absorbed more than 44 per cent of Cambodia’s over-US$20-billion total non-gold exports in 2022, remaining the largest market destination, ahead of the EU, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

The ministry’s 2022 Socio-Economic Trends report indicates that non-gold exports totalled $20.3441 billion last year, up 16.7 per cent from the 2021 figure – given as $17.440 billion in the previous edition of the report – buoyed by increases in products such as textile-related items, bicycles and milled rice.