Cambodia exported more than 2.4 million tonnes of its agricultural produce worth US$1.942 million to the Chinese market from 2019 to the first half of 2022.
The figures were shared at an online Forum on Cambodia-China agricultural cooperation within the “Belt and Road” framework, hosted yesterday by China Central Radio and Television and Cambodia-China Friendship Radio, with the participation of representatives of the private sector and other relevant parties.
Cambodian agricultural produce exported to China include fresh banana, milled rice, dried cassava chips, cassava flour, mango jam, rubber latex, fresh mangoes, processed cashew nuts, cocoa powder, and so on.
At the forum, H.E. Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, highlighted the contribution of the “Belt and Road” Initiative to the agricultural development in Cambodia, through cooperation on rice farming, growing of cassava, vegetables, tropical fruits, corn and natural rubber, and fish and animal raising; agricultural product processing; improvement of investment environment for Chinese investors; and technical and financial support and construction of supporting infrastructure.
