Cambodia’s rice exports drop drastically in August

• Sep 01, 2020

Cambodia’s rice exports rose 31.05 percent, reaching 448,203 tonnes in the first eight months of the year, according to the National Phytosanitary database of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

The report said that Cambodia’s rice exports was 448,203 tonnes thus far this year, compared with 342,045 tonnes during the same period in 2019.

However, in August alone, the export of Cambodian rice percent was 22, 130 tonnes compared with 34, 032 tonnes in August 2019.

Among the total rice exports, 352, 802 tonnes was fragrant rice, white rice, 89, 699 tonnes, parboiled rice 5,679 tonnes and the rest was 23 tonnes.

China is still the top market for Cambodian rice exports. Cambodia exported around 159,253 tonnes in the first eight months, followed by France 56,964 tonnes. However, In Asean countries, Malaysia imported about 23, 201 tonnes from Cambodia, Vietnam 12,836 tonnes, Brunei 10,500 tonnes.

Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50759273/cambodias-rice-exports-drop-drastically-in-august/