Cambodia has witnessed significant growth in its apparel, textile and footwear exports during January to November 2024 period.
As per official data released by the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE), the country upped its exports by 25.8 per cent on Y-o-Y basis to US $ 10.64 billion.
It’s worth mentioning here that these export figures represent 44.45 per cent of Cambodia’s total exports in 11-month period of 2024 that amounted to US $ 23.93 billion.
Of total exports, knitted apparel contributed US $ 6.11 billion (up 22.70 per cent); woven apparel contributed US $ 2.83 billion (up 33.30 per cent); footwear amounted US $ 1.51 billion (up 24.30 per cent) and other textiles shipped from the country valued US $ 186.97 million (up 37 per cent).
Talking about the reasons behind this growth, Lim Heng, Vice-President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, commented that the country currently is seeing the establishment of various textile and apparel factories since investment is pouring in.
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 43 investment projects, including 11 for the textile sector, worth US $ 940 million in November 2024 which is expected to create nearly 39,000 jobs.
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