Business activities, especially tourism-related services, have started to see the impact of the fear of a potential second wave of COVID-19. Chun Leap, the owner of Romdul Bokor restaurant in Phnom Penh, said her business had seen some recovery in the last few months but that now it was back to where it was six […]
Read MoreThere are renewed calls for the Cambodian government to increase the current level of tobacco taxes to assist its continued aim for year-on-year rises in state revenue that recently fell because of COVID-19. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) restated that the Cambodian government should increase tobacco taxes to eventually fall in line with the World […]
Read MoreThe government is drafting a Cambodia horticulture policy for 2021-30 aimed at making it more competitive. Its objectives are broad in nature and comprehensively ambitious. Among the policy’s goals are moves to modernise production towards attaining year-round growing seasons and improvements in product quality, safety and price in order to achieve competitive parity or advantages […]
Read MoreBilateral trade between Cambodia and Japan was worth $1,548 million in the third quarter of the year, down 25 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a record by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). From January to September this year, Cambodia exported $1,208 million, down 5.6 percent compared with the same period […]
Read MoreThe signing of international trade agreements and the potential for more on the horizon will require Cambodia to conduct detailed trade impact assessments (TIAs) more frequently as the country seeks more bilateral and multilateral trade deals. Sok Sopheak, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce, said since Cambodia became a member of the World […]
Read MoreThe private sector has the potential to generate both much-needed investment in agriculture and food systems and to ensure responsible supply chains that benefit small-scale producers, workers and consumers. However, irresponsible business and financial sector operations can undermine this potential. Last week’s 2020 Annual General Assembly addressed the role of the private sector under the […]
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