Cambodia Rice Sector Review : A More Detailed Road Map for Cambodian Rice Exports
Cambodias rice exports are on a steep upward trajectory, benefiting from import duty preferences and new investments in rice mills and polishing factories. Cambodia’s major export competitors are Thailand and Vietnam. Thailand is a main competitor...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | Cambodian,English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24902067/rice-sector-review-more-detailed-road-map-cambodian-rice-exports http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22481 |
| Summary: | Cambodias rice exports are on a steep
upward trajectory, benefiting from import duty preferences
and new investments in rice mills and polishing factories.
Cambodia’s major export competitors are Thailand and
Vietnam. Thailand is a main competitor for fragrant rice,
exporting itself ca 2.65 million tons of aromatic rice
(including brokens) in 2010/2011. Vietnam is the principal
competitor for the nonaromatic white rice markets such as
the Philippines and Indonesia. Pakistan and Burma are
competing with Cambodia for low-grade white rice markets
mainly in Africa. The government needs to intensify its
export facilitation efforts to increase its rice exports.
Cambodia has reduced its milling costs but more needs to be
done to improve competitiveness of its rice export. The
capacity of Cambodia’s logistics system from mills to ports
is inadequate to accommodate large-scale volumes. All of
Cambodia’s rice exports are shipped in containers from Phnom
Penh and Sihanoukville ports. Unless the government obtains
a transit access to Saigon Port via the Mekong River for
un-containerized milled rice, it is unlikely that Cambodia
will export even 500,000 tons by 2015. |
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