The Cambodian government has allowed companies to resume exporting rice from next week, after banning it for more than a month to ensure the country's food security during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Cambodian government has allowed companiesto resume exporting rice from next week, after banning it for more than a monthto ensure the country's food security during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision was made on May 13 at the request of the Cambodia RiceFederation after the Southeast Asian country has detected no new COVID-19cases for a month.
According to Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth, the government decided to allow the resumption of white riceexports based on purchase orders from abroad, starting from May 20onwards.
The government also encouraged factories toproduce face masks, medical supplies, and personal protective equipment forlocal demand and export, he added.
In the first fourmonths of this year, Cambodia exported over 300,000 tonnes of rice, ayear-on-year rise of 40.5 percent.
The Cambodian Health Ministry reported that thecountry has so far re🌊corded 122 COVID-19 infection cases, with121 patients recovered./.
Cambodia is set to export rice to South Africa, a new market, in the time ahead as a milled rice exporter has signed an export memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a partner from South Africa.
Cambodia shipped around 7 million tonnes of agricultural products abroad in 2019, with 4.784 million tonnes exported via official channels, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon.
Cambodia shipped 50,450 tonnes of rice worth 39 million USD to foreign markets in January, a year-on-year decline of 15.39 percent, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF).
Cambodian rice exports to international markets grew by more than 21 percent in the first two months of this year despite global concerns over the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
An increase in the supply of milled rice in the Cambodian market has helped stabilise prices, in the context that the country faces the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) and the Green Trade Company.
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A rice agent in Phnom Penh. (Source: AFP/VNA) 
