Cambodia exported apparel items, clothing accessories and knitted and non-knitted or crocheted items worth $4.5 billion in the first seven months this year—down by 20.6 per cent year on year (YoY) from $5.6 billion, according to the country’s general department of customs and excise (GDCE).
Knitted and non-knitted apparel and clothing accessories (item codes 61 and 62) accounted for 33 per cent of the country’s total exports during the period, amounting to $13.5 billion. In July, such exports fell by 26.6 per cent YoY to $814.6 million from over $1.1 billion.
Exports of Cambodian garments have been falling since the fourth quarter of last year, according to Kaing Monika, deputy secretary-general of the Textile, Apparel, Footwear and Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC).
