PHNOM PENH, Jul 3 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported 132,174 tonnes of dry rubber in the first half of this year, up seven percent over the same period last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon, said yesterday.
Cambodia earned 221 million U.S. dollars in gross revenue from rubber export, during the Jan-Jun period, up 38 percent from a year earlier, he wrote on his Facebook page.
“A tonne of dry rubber averagely cost 1,677 U.S. dollars, during the first six months of this year, about 374 dollars higher than that of the same period last year,” he said.
The Southeast Asian country exported the commodity mainly to Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and China.
Meanwhile, the kingdom saw a 29-percent drop in rice export, Sakhon said, adding that, it exported 280,450 tonnes of milled rice to 47 countries and regions, during the first half of this year.
China remained the top buyer of Cambodian rice, accounting for 51 percent of the kingdom’s total rice export, he said, adding that, Cambodia shipped 143,293 tonnes of rice to China, down three percent year-on-year.– NNN-AKP
