Cambodia’s exports of apparel and clothing accessories (knitted) earned $5.110 billion in the first nine months of this year, which was 21.1 per cent higher than the exports worth $4.220 billion during the corresponding period of last year. The country’s exports of apparel and clothing accessories (not knitted) rose by 28.4 per cent to $2.064 billion in the period under review. Last year, in this category, the country had exported apparel worth $1.608 billion.
As for the imports, the country’s knitted or crocheted fabric imports during January-September 2022 were valued at $2.380 billion, which was 10 per cent higher than the imports worth $2.164 billion in the same period last year. Likewise, man-made fibre imports grew by 16.9 per cent to $916.897 million, against $784.628 million in January-September 2021. Cotton imports rose by 1.3 per cent to reach $392.064 million during the period under review, compared to $387.153 million in the same period of 2021.
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