By:
• Chhum Chantha

• 13, August 2024 , 3:15 PM

PHNOM PENH – Cambodia exported nearly 380,000 tonnes of milled rice and over 2.7 million tonnes of paddy rice in the first seven months of this year, generating more than $1 billion.

The Cambodia Rice Federation said on Aug. 12 that paddy rice earned $784. Milled rice was exported to 64 countries, making around $280 million.

European countries are the major markets for milled rice, importing more than 186,377 tonnes, worth nearly $145 million, followed by China and the autonomous regions with $48 million from the importation of 77,204 tonnes. 

As many as 77,933 tonnes were exported to seven ASEAN countries, generating $53 million, while 38,000 tonnes were to the middle east countries, making $33 million.

Fragrant rice was around 70 percent of the types of exported rice, with long-grain white rice 24 percent, parboiled rice for three percent, organic rice 1.74 percent, and other rice 0.28 percent. 
 

Originally written in Khmer for ThmeyThmey, this story was translated by Meng Seavmey for Cambodianess.