Cambodia’s export hits over $20 bln, up 14.8 per cent in the first 8 months of 2025

Cambodia’s export hits over $20 bln, up 14.8 per cent in the first 8 months of 2025

Cambodia exported products worth $20.18 billion in the first eight months of 2025, up 14.8 percent from $17.58 billion over the same period last year, said an official report released on Wednesday.

The main exported goods included clothes, shoes, travel goods, bicycles, car tires, and potential agricultural products such as rice, rubber, cassava, cashew nuts, bananas, mangoes, and longans, according to a report compiled by the General Department of Customs and Excise.

The top five export destinations for the Southeast Asian country are the United States, Vietnam, China, Japan, and Canada, the report added.

Meanwhile, the kingdom recorded the total import of $ 21.96 billion during the January-August period this year, up 16.2 per cent from $18.9 billion over the same period last year, the report said.

Major imported products included oil and gas, raw materials for garments, footwear and travel goods, vehicles, machinery, electronic appliances, pharmaceutical products, and consumer items, among others, it added.

Ministry of Commerce’s Secretary of State and spokesperson Penn Sovicheat said the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement had given a boost to the kingdom’s trade growth. 

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