Exports for some of Cambodia’s most-traded commodities have declined sharply this year, a new report shows.
The Cambodia Development Research Institute’s “Flash Report” on the economy, which compares the first eight months of this year with the same period last year, found that fish exports had declined 42 percent, to $6 million. Rubber exports had fallen 48 percent, to $16 million. Cambodia has not officially exported rice since 2001, the report said.
Gasoline imports also fell, by 24 percent, to 57,000 tons. Diesel fuel imports dropped 20 percent.
The price of gasoline in September was at 2,200 riel a liter, up 4.8 percent.
Private investments approved by the Council for Development of Cambodia fell 3 percent in the first half of 2002, the report stated.
Of $46.19 million invested, $24.99 million was invested in industry and $19.01 million in the service sector. Just $2.19 million was invested in agriculture.
