Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports

• Cambodia’s rice exports have surged over the past decade, reaching more than 5 MMT of paddy trade in 2025, with plans to expand milled rice exports beyond 1 MMT despite current logistics and milling constraints—positioning the country among the world’s top five exporters, and climbing. • The Kingd...

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Autores principales: Mirzabaev, Alisher, Zwinger, Jeremy
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Rice Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178148
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description • Cambodia’s rice exports have surged over the past decade, reaching more than 5 MMT of paddy trade in 2025, with plans to expand milled rice exports beyond 1 MMT despite current logistics and milling constraints—positioning the country among the world’s top five exporters, and climbing. • The Kingdom has earned global recognition for quality, winning the World’s Best Rice award multiple times over the last decade. • National strategy prioritizes shifting from raw paddy exports to domestic milling, certification, and branding, ensuring more of the export value is captured within Cambodia. • The government is pursuing an ambitious strategy to strengthen the rice industry, with initiatives such as the Funan Techo Canal, which is expected to cut logistics costs and potentially enable direct exports of 5–6MMT of milled rice annually by the 2030s.
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spelling CGSpace1781482025-11-25T02:01:36Z Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports Mirzabaev, Alisher Zwinger, Jeremy rice exports commodity markets international trade trade agreements policies strategies • Cambodia’s rice exports have surged over the past decade, reaching more than 5 MMT of paddy trade in 2025, with plans to expand milled rice exports beyond 1 MMT despite current logistics and milling constraints—positioning the country among the world’s top five exporters, and climbing. • The Kingdom has earned global recognition for quality, winning the World’s Best Rice award multiple times over the last decade. • National strategy prioritizes shifting from raw paddy exports to domestic milling, certification, and branding, ensuring more of the export value is captured within Cambodia. • The government is pursuing an ambitious strategy to strengthen the rice industry, with initiatives such as the Funan Techo Canal, which is expected to cut logistics costs and potentially enable direct exports of 5–6MMT of milled rice annually by the 2030s. 2025-10-01 2025-11-25T01:16:00Z 2025-11-25T01:16:00Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178148 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Mirzabaev, Alisher and Jeremy Zwinger (2025). Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports. IRRI Rice Market Briefs No. 3, October 1, 2025. Los Baños, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute.
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Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports
title Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports
title_full Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports
title_fullStr Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports
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title_short Cambodian Rice: The Hidden Heavyweight in Global Trade - Funan Techo Canal as a Catalyst for Direct Exports
title_sort cambodian rice the hidden heavyweight in global trade funan techo canal as a catalyst for direct exports
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exports
commodity markets
international trade
trade agreements
policies
strategies
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