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Cambodian rice production up 5.7 percent

Cambodia produced 10.5 million tonnes of paddy rice in 2017, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on May 2.
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Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia produced 10.5 million tonnes of paddy rice in2017, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said onMay 2.

With theamount of production last year, besides local consumptions, Cambodia will havesome 5.56 million tonnes of un-husked rice, or 3.56 million tonnes of milledrice, left over for exports this year, he said during the closing ceremony ofthe annual conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Cambodian Ministerof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said the country plantedrice paddy on a total area of 3.21 million hectares last year and a hectareaveragely yielded 3.29 tonnes.

Agriculturalsector grew by nearly 2 percent in 2017, accounting for 24.9 percent of the country'sGDP, he said.

According tothe minister, the country exported 635,697 tonnes of milled rice to 63countries and regions last year. China is the top buyer of Cambodian rice,followed by France and Poland.-VNA
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