Cambodia shipped around 7 million tons of agricultural products abroad in 2019, with 4.784 million tons exported via official channels, said Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon.
Apart from a lot of rice, Cambodia exported about 1.6 million tons of cassava starch, 202,318 tons of cashew nuts, nearly 120,000 tons of corn, 57,250 tons of soybeans, nearly 157,812 tons of bananas, nearly 60 tons of mangos, and over 3,693 tons of pepper. China, the EU, ASEAN member states, Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, India, Saudi Arabia and Australia have been important markets for Cambodian products.
Cambodia has exported mostly unprocessed agricultural products. In a bid to increase value for farm produce, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen began calling for more investment in agriculture processing and technology in the nation.
The government’s policy is to boost rice production and export 1 million tons; however, of the two goals, the country has achieved only one, Hun Sen said, explaining the country have a paddy surplus of nearly 6 million tons per year but its export could not fetch 1 million tons.
