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Cambodia: Rice taskforce created, again

  • Aug 15, 2016

Cambodia: Rice taskforce created, again

Monday, 15 August 2016 – The Ministry of Commerce set up a new taskforce on Friday to address challenges faced by the Kingdom?s struggling rice industry and assess demands made by members of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), who have decried the ineffectiveness of an earlier taskforce set up by the ministry.

Moul Sarith, CRF secretary, said the new taskforce will comprise 13 members from the Ministry of Commerce and 11 members from the CRF. The ad hoc working group will seek to address six separate points brought forward by CRF President Sok Puthyvuth during a meeting with Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak on Friday.

One of the key demands by the CRF is to obtain shared responsibility with the Minister of Commerce to attribute Certificate of Origin status to rice exporters.?Read More?