Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul highlighted the strong momentum in two-way trade with Malaysia during a recent business seminar and B2B meetings in Phnom Penh, according to the local media.
The figure neared 1.08 billion USD in 2025, an increase of nearly 25% compared to 865 million USD in 2024, thereby surpassing the 1 billion USD mark, as previously committed by both sides. During the January - July period, bilateral trade rose by 58.27% to around 947 million USD.
Nimul said the strong trade performance reflects the growing complementarity between the two economies and called for deeper cooperation beyond trade volumes toward investment, joint production, technology cooperation, supply-chain connectivity, and SME participation.
She identified key areas with strong potential for further collaboration, including consumer goods, agro-processing, healthcare, green energy, digital services, logistics, and halal economy, while encouraging stronger institutionalised business-to-business engagement through targeted business matching, market intelligence, trade promotion, and investment facilitation.
Cambodia’s efforts to create a more open, predictable, transparent, and business-friendly environment through the simplification and digitalisation of commercial services, as well as continued investment in infrastructure and connectivity, were also spotlighted./.
