Phnom Penh (FN), Sep. 4 – Oknha Chan Sokheang, President of the Cambodia Rice Federation, stated that in 2024, Cambodia's rice exports will expand into new markets, including several islands and nine additional countries, with most buyers purchasing fragrant rice.

Oknha Chan Sokheang highlighted that from January to August 2024, Cambodia has expanded its fragrant rice exports to the following new markets:

1. Japan: 140 tonnes of rice

2. Latvia: 350 tonnes of rice

3. Lebanon: 22 tonnes of rice

4. United Arab Emirates (UAE): 319 tonnes of rice

5. Africa: 52 tonnes of rice

6. Comoros: 25 tonnes of rice

7. Macau: 85 tonnes of rice

8. New Caledonia: 2,135 tonnes of rice

9. Martinique: 64 tonnes of rice

The president of the Cambodia Rice Federation confirmed that the volume of rice exports to these new markets is still small and primarily for testing. He hopes that these markets will continue to import more rice from Cambodia, as the country is known for its high-quality rice.

In the first seven months of 2024, Cambodia exported 379,546 tons of rice to 64 target markets, earning over USD 280 million. These exports were facilitated by 53 rice exporters.

Of the rice exported, fragrant rice accounted for 70.52 per cent, white rice 24.30 per cent, parboiled rice 3.16 per cent, organic rice 1.74 per cent, and other varieties 0.28 per cent.
=FRESH NEWS