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Cambodia: Solid growth in nation’s ports

Cambodian ports saw solid growth in both container and tonnage traffic in 2019, as the Government expanded the port’s capacity for increasing imports and exports. The number of containers handled in the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) the country’s only deep-sea port. Increased by 17 percent, to 633,099 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) from 2018 to 2019, […]

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Thailand-Bangladesh FTA agreed in principle

Thailand and Bangladesh have agreed in principle to establish a free trade agreement (FTA), aiming to double bilateral trade to US$2 billion by 2021. According to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, who chaired the 5th Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting between the two nations yesterday, Thailand is ready to kick off FTA talks with Bangladesh and […]

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Philippines: Rate cuts spur double-digit credit growth

MANILA, Philippines — Credit growth picked up pace in November last year, rising by 10.1 percent as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas slashed key interest rates and lowered the reserve requirement of banks.’ According to BSP data, banks disbursed P8.95 trillion worth of loans as of end-November last year, P821 billion more than the P8.13 […]

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