Khmer Times Wed, December 9, 2020

Goods to UK will enjoy GSP status from 2021, making it more attractive in terms of pricing. AKP

Cambodia’s exports see new light with the granted duty-free and quota-free access to the markets in the United Kingdom, commencing 2021.

Senior government official, textile union and prominent local investor are convinced that the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) granted to Cambodia by the UK will make up the partial withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme from the country by the European Union.

Sok Sopheak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Commerce shared that Cambodia will discuss with the UK counterpart on the import and export process both during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

The GSP granted to Cambodia by the UK, he continued, will contribute vitally to Cambodia to bounce back economically, following the crunch driven by the COVID-19.

Mr Kaing Monika, Deputy Secretary General for the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) applauded the move, highlighting that with the GSP, Cambodia will be entitled to duty-free and quota-free access on exports to the UK of all goods, except arms and ammunition.

Oknha Lim Heng, Vice President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce sees this as an opportunity for Cambodia to motivate existing investors and attract the new ones, especially those in textile, footwear, milled rice, and bicycle production.

For 2019, bilateral trade between Cambodia and the UK was worth about $1 billion, and for the first 3 months of 2020 Cambodia exported around $200 million – $190 million of which were textile products – to the country. Lim Nary – AKP

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50791084/uk-grants-gsp-status-to-cambodia-effective-2021/

SOURCE: KHMER TIMES, CAMBODIA Wed, December 9, 2020

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