Rice, garment sectors push exports into record territory
Cambodian exports grew by 17 per cent last year, driven by increases in shipments of rice and footwear, with garment export growth easing to a little under 7 per cent, according to a new Ministry of Commerce report.
Outbound shipments in 2015, consisting mainly of rice, garments and footwear, stood at $8.03 billion, up 17 per cent from a year earlier, it said. While rice exports grew by 43 per cent last year on the back of rice shipments to China, footwear grew by 21 per cent, with textiles the only segment to drop, recording a 17 per cent decrease.
