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Int’l trade rises as commerce ministry lays out 2023 plans
Publication date 31 January 2023 | 21:12 | ICT

Cambodia's 9.19 per cent on-year rise in foreign trade value to the $52.425 billion logged by Customs for 2022 was driven by “in-depth reforms in all areas”, improvements in export competitiveness, and an increasingly favourable business

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