PHNOM PENH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had exported 127,460 tons of milled rice to China in 2016, an increase of 9 percent year-on-year, according to a government's report released on Thursday.
The report compiled by the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export showed that China is the top buyer of Cambodian rice, followed by France and Poland.
"China is a key market for Cambodian milled rice and we expect to export about 200,000 tons to China in 2017," Agriculture Ministry undersecretary of state Hean Vanhan told Xinhua.
According to the report, Cambodia had sold a total of 542,144 tons of milled rice to 66 countries and regions last year, representing a 0.7 percent rise year-on-year.
Cambodia is an agrarian country with approximately 80 percent of the population being farmers. The Southeast Asian country annually produces over 9 million tons of paddy rice, according to the Agriculture Ministry.
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