PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's trade exchanges with its fellow Asean member states amounted to US$10.49 billion in the first eight months of 2024, up 11.8 per cent from $9.38 billion over the same period last year, said a report from the General Department of Customs and Excise on Tuesday (Sept 24).
The kingdom exported products worth $3.43 billion to other Asean countries during the January-August period this year, up 10 per cent from $3.11 billion over the same period last year, the report said.
Meanwhile, the country's import from its fellow Asean countries was valued at 7.06 billion dollars, up 12.5 per cent from 6.27 billion dollars, it added.
The report said Cambodia's trade volume with the Asean accounted for 28.4 per cent of its 36.9-billion-dollar total trade volume during the first eight months of this year.
The country's top five trading partners in Asean are Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, the report added.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has recently said that the country stood as a vibrant partner within the Asean countries. - Xinhua
