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Cambodia registers $39 billion in FDIs during first six months
Cambodia licensed new foreign direct investments totalling $39 billion in the first semester this year, a year-on-year increase of 9.6 percent, the National Bank of Cambodia’ s statistics showed today.
China was the largest source of registered foreign investment with $17.3 billion or 44.2 percent of the total registered investment capital.
South Korea ranked second with registered investment capital of $4.1, followed by Vietnam and Singapore with $2.5 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively.
The FDIs from other countries were Japan $2.3 billion, Malaysia $1.8 billion, Thailand US$1.8 billion, UK $1.3 billion, Canada $1 billion, and another $0.8 million from the US.
The licensed FDIs cover mainly agriculture, manufacturing, finance, hotel and restaurants, construction, hydropower dams and real estate.
The finance sector accounted for 21.9 percent of licensed investments or $8.5 billion, followed by manufacturing with 20.9 percent or $7.8 billion.
Source: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50978345/cambodia-registers-39-billion-in-fdis-during-first-six-months/