Nearly 200,000 Tonnes Of Dry Rubber Exported In First Nine Months
Nearly 200,000 Tonnes Of Dry Rubber Exported In First Nine Months
Cambodia has exported 179,621 tonnes of dry rubber in the first nine months of 2020, down 3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
A tonne of dry rubber averagely cost US$1,288 in this period, about US$51 lower than that of the first semester of 2019, it said.
The Kingdom has made a gross revenue of US$231 million from the export of the commodity during the January-September period this year, MAFF added, stressing that the major markets for Cambodian rubber are Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and China.
Cambodia has so far planted rubber trees on a total land area of 403,195 hectares, of which 62 percent are mature and ready for rubber tapping.
Some 282,071 tonnes of rubber worth US$377 million were exported in 2019, up 30 percent from 2018, pointed out MAFF.
Credited: AKP/ Chea Vannak
