Cambodia’s exports of garments, shoes, travel goods surpass $12 bln in first 9 months of 2025
Cambodia’s exports of garments, shoes, travel goods surpass $12 bln in first 9 months of 2025
Cambodia exported garments, textiles, shoes, and travel goods, worth a total of $12.2 billion in the first nine months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 16.7 percent, said an official report on Thursday.
Garments worth $8.63 billion were exported during the January-September period this year, a year-on-year rise of 16.8 percent, said the report compiled by the Ministry of Commerce, adding that textiles worth $505 million were shipped to international markets, up 34.7 percent.
Also, $1.54 billion worth of footwear was exported, up 26.7 percent, while travel goods and bags, equivalent to $1.53 billion, were sold to international markets, up 3.2 percent, the report added.
The garment, textile, footwear, and travel goods sector is the largest foreign exchange earner for the Southeast Asian country.
The sector currently consists of more than 1,500 factories and branches, employing over 900,000 workers, mostly women, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.
Thong Mengdavid, a lecturer at the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, said the robust growth in Cambodia’s light manufacturing exports signalled a solid post-pandemic recovery and adequate market diversification beyond traditional partners.
However, sustaining double-digit growth will require innovation, digital transformation in production, and higher value-added manufacturing, Mengdavid said.
- 09:47 25/10/2025
