Cambodia's rice export down 5.8 pct in H1
Xinhua, July 7, 2016 Adjust font size:
Cambodia exported 268,190 tons of milled rice in the first half of 2016, down 5.8 percent from the 283,825 tons in the same period last year, according to the latest report released on Thursday.
The Southeast Asian country has exported its milled rice to 57 countries and regions around the globe, said the report compiled by the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export.
Three top buyers are China, France and Poland, it said, adding that China imported some 47,024 tons of milled rice from Cambodia during the January-June period this year, France imported 37,463 tons and Poland purchased 36,164 tons.
Cambodia produced over 9 million tons of paddy rice a year. With this amount, it has over 3 million tons of milled rice left over for annual export. Endit