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Cambodia’s trade grows 21.3% in 7 months

Cambodia’s international trade hit 32.82 billion USD in the first seven months, up 21.3% year-on-year.
Cambodia’s trade grows 21.3% in 7 months ảnh 1Hong Leng Huor port on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. (Source: english.news.cn)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia’s international tradehit 32.82 billion USD in the first seven months, up 21.3% year-on-year.

According to the nation’s General Department of Customs andExcise, during the period, the nation shipped 13.78 billion USD worth ofproducts overseas, up 30.7% annually, while spending 19.05 billion USD onpurchasing products from foreign nations, an annual rise of 15.4%.

Commodities such as garments, footwear and tourismgoods accounted for nearly 50% of Cambodia's total exports.

China remained the largest trading partner of Cambodia with a bilateral trade volume of 6.97 billion USD, followed by the US with about5.89 billion USD, Vietnam approximately 3.76 billion USD, and Thailand some 2.78billion USD.

The US, meanwhile, was the biggest market for Cambodiangoods, with Cambodia’s export value to the country hitting 5.69 billion USD,increasing by 47.3% against the same period last year. Vietnam came second for buyingproducts worth over 1.32 billion USD from Cambodia, and China came third with 701 million USD./.    
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