Cambodia earns over $549M from rubber exports
Cambodia earns over $549M from rubber exports
In the first nine months of 2025, Cambodia produced 260,547 tonnes of rubber, an increase of 8,101 tonnes, or 3.21 percent, compared to the same period in 2024.
Cambodia earned over $549 million from rubber and rubberwood exports in the first nine months of 2025, marking a more than 38 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to a report by the General Department of Rubber.
The report released yesterday stated that in the first nine months of 2025, Cambodia produced 260,547 tonnes of rubber, an increase of 8,101 tonnes, or 3.21 percent, compared to the same period in 2024.
Further, the report said that in September alone, production reached 42,429 tonnes, up 3,508 tonnes, or 9.01 percent, from the previous month, and up 3,313 tonnes, or 8.47 percent, compared to September 2024.
Khun Kakada, Director General of the General Department of Rubber of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), said that Cambodia exported 220,240 tonnes of rubber during the same period, a decrease of 28,295 tonnes, or 11.4 percent, compared to the same period in 2024.
He added that the average selling price of rubber in September 2025 was $1,697 per tonne, up $17, or 0.99 percent, compared to last month and up $2, or 0.1 percent, compared to September 2024 ($1,695 per tonne).
“As of September 2025, total revenue from rubber and rubberwood exports amounted to over $549 million, which was over $390 million from rubber exports, over $3 million from rubberwood exports and over $156 million from selling rubber in the country,” said Kakada.
Kakada added that in the first nine months of 2025, the rubber value chain, including management, maintenance, harvesting, processing, and business operations at rubber plantations and family-run rubber enterprises, continued to operate normally, unaffected by natural disasters.
He noted that domestic rubber consumption increased by 102 percent compared to the entire year of 2024, reaching 85,000 tonnes.
- 10:10 15/10/2025
