Cambodia

• Anthem: «Nokor Reach» is the national anthem of Cambodia. It is based on a Cambodian folk tune and written by Chuon Nath.
• Official languages: Khmer.
• Geographical location: it is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
• Administrative divisions: the autonomous municipality (reach thani) and provinces (khaet) of Cambodia are first-level administrative divisions. Cambodia is divided into 25 provinces including the autonomous municipality.
• Capital: Phnom Penh.
• Governance: the Kingdom of Cambodia is a unitary state that is governed within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch serves as the head of state, while the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the Royal Government, which constitutes of the Council of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is aided in his functions by members of the Council such as deputy prime ministers, senior ministers, other ministers and secretaries of state. Legislative power is vested in a bicameral legislature composed of the National Assembly, which has the power to vote on draft law, and the Senate that has the power of review. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the country and takes appeals from lower courts on questions of law.
• Population: 15.7 million.
• Currency: Riel.
• GDP: $17.9 billion.
• Time zone: GMT +7.
• Telephone code: +855.
• Barcode: 884.

Trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Cambodia

Dynamics of trade between Belarus and Cambodia in 2013 — 2017 years (in million U.S. dollars)

Belarus's most valuable products, imported by Cambodia:

• Malt;
• Tyres;
• Potassic fertilizers;
• Spare parts to cars and tractors.

In 2017, trade turnover between the countries increased by 511.1 % to $9.7193 billion as compared to 2016. Belarusian exports increased in 20.4 times to $7.1012 billion as compared to 2016, Cambodian exports — by 167.4% to $2.6161 billion.

In 2017, trade turnover between the countries increased by 511.1 % to $9.7193 million as compared to 2016. Belarusian exports increased in 20.4 times to $7.1012 million as compared to 2016, Cambodian exports increased by 167.4% to $2.6161 million. 

In January — April 2018, trade turnover between the countries increased by 211.0% to $1.8032 million as compared to the same period of 2017. In addition, Belarusian exports increased in 3.4 times to $497.0 thousand, Cambodian exports increased by 184.5% to $1.3062 million. In January — April 2018, Belarusian goods of 4 commodity headings were supplied to Cambodia (goods of 1 commodity heading were supplied within the same period of 2017).

But trade dynamics remains unstable. Sometimes potassic fertilizers, tyres, spare parts and other products from Belarus are supplied to Cambodia through the third countries (mainly, Vietnam and Thailand).

This article has been prepared on the basis of information provided by the National Centre for Marketing and Price Study of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and taken from public sources. The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. In this regard, it may be useful for the companies, which have been working in Cambodia for a long time, as well as for those, which are going to enter this market. Any questions, feedbacks and comments concerning this article are welcome. All of them will be fully considered and taken into account, if possible. If you have any information that may be interesting and useful for the visitors of this page, please write to us.

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