Cambodia’s rice export up by 10%

Cambodia exported 449,325 tons of rice to international markets in the first nine months of this year, up by 10 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF).The Southeast Asian nation made nearly $287 million in revenue from the exports of milled rice from January to September this year, the CRF said. China remained the top buyer of Cambodia’s milled rice, purchasing 198,107 tons, or 44.09 per cent. Cambodia’s 81 per cent of rice exported to the nine countries including China 44.9 per cent , France 14.83 per cent , Malaysia 5.58 per cent , Netherlands 4.65 per cent Italy 2.65 per cent Gabon 2.63 per cent , Brunei 2.44 per cent , Britain 2.25 per cent and Germany 2.08 per cent.