PHNOM PENH: Cambodia exported 7.3 million tonnes of agricultural products in the January-November period of this year, generating nearly US$4.2 billion in revenue, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ report showed on Friday.
The main agricultural products Cambodia exported included rice, bananas, mangoes, cassava, cashew nuts, corn, palm oil, pepper and tobacco.
The Kingdom shipped nearly 600,000 tonnes of milled rice and 2.4 million tonnes of paddy rice, earning US$515 million and US$840 million, respectively, the report pointed out.
Besides, almost 4 million tonnes of non-rice agricultural products worth more than US$2.5 billion were exported abroad during the first eleven months of 2023, it stated.
Agriculture is one of the four key pillars supporting Cambodia’s economy. The sector contributed 22 percent to the country’s GDP in 2022 and 2.6 million people employed in the sector, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
