Cambodia’s apparel exports increased by 16.56 percent year-on-year to $8.366 bn during January-November 2022. This constituted 40.89 percent of Cambodia’s total foreign income of $20.457 bn during the period under review, according to data from the General Department of customs and excise under the Ministry of economy and finance.
Cambodia’s exports of apparel and clothing accessories (knitted) earned $5.943 bn in the first eleven months of this year, which was 13.7 percent higher than the exports worth $5.227 bn during the corresponding period of last year. The country’s exports of apparel and clothing accessories (not knitted) rose by 24.2 percent to $2.423 bn in the period under review. Last year, in this category, the country exported apparel worth $1.950 bn.
However, the exports of apparel and clothing accessories (knitted) recorded a negative growth during standalone month November 2022 which reflects the sluggish demand in the global market. The exports slipped by 9.5 percent to $430.131 mn in November 2022 from $475.236 mn in the same period of last year. However, the shipment of non-knitted apparel grew by 14.6 percent to $188.635 mn in the period under review.
As for the imports, the country’s knitted or crocheted fabric imports during January-November 2022 were valued at $2.709 bn, which was 1.5 percent higher than the imports worth $2.670 bn in the same period last year. Likewise, manmade fibre imports grew by 10.9 percent to $1,102.303 mn, against $994.344 mn in January-November 2021. But cotton imports slipped 4.6 percent to reach $460.240 mn during the period under review, compared to $482.411 mn in the same period of 2021.
