[Background / related]
The Vietnamization of Kampuchea: A New Model of Colonialism (Indochina Report, October 1984)
Part
II: Vietnamization of the Economic Framework (continued)
The
Unequal Exchange
...
Export licenses for Vietnam
Khmer Times | 4 January 2017
The
Ministry of Commerce is calling for producers and exporters who have
been dealing in dried tobacco leaves and milled rice to apply for
licenses to export to Vietnam.
Vietnam agreed to waive all duties on 300,000 tons of rice and 3,000 tons of dried tobacco imports annually from Cambodia in October last year.
Cambodia has also received a preferential zero tariff on 39 products from Vietnam for this year under the Bilateral Trade Enhancement Arrangement between Cambodia and Vietnam, the ministry said.
Ministry spokeswoman Soeung Sophary said the announcement was to make it easy for exporters. With figures in the agreement, she said, the ministry can control the number of companies that export to Vietnam.
“We know the exact number of companies that export to Vietnam. Right now there are not many companies applying for an export license,” Ms. Sophary said.
“Producers and exporters who have been doing business with dried tobacco leaves and milled rice can apply for export licenses from the Department of Import/Export of the Ministry of Commerce during working hours, then they export the exact amount to Vietnam,” she added.
“If the amount is more than the agreement, the other export tax will be paid,” she said.
The agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam was signed several years ago and was renewed every two years, according to Ms. Sophary.
“The bilateral agreement has also paved the way for the private sector to be greater involved in trade between Cambodia and Vietnam,” she said.
Heng Piseth, provincial director of the Tbong [Tbaung] Khmum agricultural department, told Khmer Times that this was good news for tobacco farmers, as well as merchants and exporters because the tobacco market is uncertain and farmers are worried.
“The market for tobacco is not good and depends very much on merchants. However, if there is a certain market from Vietnam that lets us have a chance to export, then tobacco farmers can survive,” said Mr. Piseth.
“They would not have to worry about the market anymore,” he added.
In Tbong [Tbaung] Khmum province, tobacco farms cover about 1,000 hectares of land, according to Mr. Piseth.
Hun Lak [relative of our Dear Leader], vice-president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, has said previously that there was no official agreement, so the ministry aimed to make it official, providing great benefits to both countries.
“The benefit is that we know the exact number of the export companies and the rice type to export to Vietnam,” Mr. Lak said.
“In the future, it will be easy for the ministry to control the data and determine the rice type for the market.”
In December, both Cambodia and Vietnam signed a border trade agreement to boost commerce following the visit of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Vietnam agreed to waive all duties on 300,000 tons of rice and 3,000 tons of dried tobacco imports annually from Cambodia in October last year.
Cambodia has also received a preferential zero tariff on 39 products from Vietnam for this year under the Bilateral Trade Enhancement Arrangement between Cambodia and Vietnam, the ministry said.
Ministry spokeswoman Soeung Sophary said the announcement was to make it easy for exporters. With figures in the agreement, she said, the ministry can control the number of companies that export to Vietnam.
“We know the exact number of companies that export to Vietnam. Right now there are not many companies applying for an export license,” Ms. Sophary said.
“Producers and exporters who have been doing business with dried tobacco leaves and milled rice can apply for export licenses from the Department of Import/Export of the Ministry of Commerce during working hours, then they export the exact amount to Vietnam,” she added.
“If the amount is more than the agreement, the other export tax will be paid,” she said.
The agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam was signed several years ago and was renewed every two years, according to Ms. Sophary.
“The bilateral agreement has also paved the way for the private sector to be greater involved in trade between Cambodia and Vietnam,” she said.
Heng Piseth, provincial director of the Tbong [Tbaung] Khmum agricultural department, told Khmer Times that this was good news for tobacco farmers, as well as merchants and exporters because the tobacco market is uncertain and farmers are worried.
“The market for tobacco is not good and depends very much on merchants. However, if there is a certain market from Vietnam that lets us have a chance to export, then tobacco farmers can survive,” said Mr. Piseth.
“They would not have to worry about the market anymore,” he added.
In Tbong [Tbaung] Khmum province, tobacco farms cover about 1,000 hectares of land, according to Mr. Piseth.
Hun Lak [relative of our Dear Leader], vice-president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, has said previously that there was no official agreement, so the ministry aimed to make it official, providing great benefits to both countries.
“The benefit is that we know the exact number of the export companies and the rice type to export to Vietnam,” Mr. Lak said.
“In the future, it will be easy for the ministry to control the data and determine the rice type for the market.”
In December, both Cambodia and Vietnam signed a border trade agreement to boost commerce following the visit of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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