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Cambodia's rice exports up 17 percent in nine months

By:Xinhua Net   Update:2017-10-05
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 421,966 tons of milled rice in the first nine months of 2017, a 17 percent rise compared with the same period last year, according to the latest report on Thursday.

China is the top buyer of Cambodian rice, followed by France and Poland, said the report released by the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export, adding that 60 countries and regions had purchased Cambodian rice.

Export to China accounted for 124,760 tons, or 29.5 percent of the total exports, during the January-September period this year, the report said.

Cambodia is expected to export 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons to China in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

The Southeast Asian country produces over 9 million tons of paddy rice a year. With this amount, it has over 3 million tons of milled rice for annual export.