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Cambodia's garment, shoe export up 8.3 pct in 7 months

Xinhua, September 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Garment and footwear sector, Cambodia's largest foreign currency earner, had reported a 8.3-percent increase in export in the first seven months of 2016, according to a report of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft on Tuesday.

The Southeast Asian country had exported the products worth 3.88 billion U.S. dollars during the January-July period this year, up 8.3 percent from 3.58 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, the report said.

Main markets for the items are European countries, the United States, and Canada.

Garment and footwear sector accounts for some 80 percent of the country's total export. The sector comprises some 1,000 factories with around 754,000 workers.

Current minimum wage for workers is 140 U.S. dollars per month. Endit