Cambodia’s Rice Exports Surpass USD 900 Million in First Four Months of 2025
From January to April 2025, Cambodian exports of milled rice and paddy reached USD 932 million, according to a report by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF).
The CRF announced on May 5, 2025, that 282,313 tons of milled rice were exported in the first four months of 2025, worth USD 209.22 million, in addition to 3,031,431 tons of border-traded wet paddy for USD 723.05 million.
The same report noted that rice exports were made through 48 companies to 59 destinations. Cambodia exported 134,212 tons of rice to 26 European countries, worth USD 106.19 million, and 70,435 tons to China and Hong Kong, worth USD 41.38 million.
Rice exports to five ASEAN countries amounted to 40,291 tons, worth USD 28.9 million, while exports to 26 other countries, including in Africa, the Middle East, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, totaled 37,375 tons, valued at USD 32.8 million.
Cambodia’s milled rice exports include fragrant rice (77.9 per cent), white rice (17 per cent), parboiled rice (2.4 per cent), organic rice (1.95 per cent), and other types (0.49 per cent).
According to the Ministry of Information, in 2024, Cambodia produced a total of more than 13 million tons of rice, with 50 per cent exported as paddy rice and milled rice. Cambodia consumes only 50 percent of its rice production, leaving at least 6 million tons per year available for export.
Cambodia exported 651,522 tonnes of milled rice in 2024, generating a total revenue of USD 491 million, and 5,180,155 tonnes of wet paddy rice, generating approximately USD 1.5 billion.
Around 80 medium and large-scale rice mills were said to have met international standards for food safety and had the capacity to dry 50,000 tons of wet rice per day, as of 2024.
The Cambodia Rice Federation has previously shared its aim to export at least 1 million tons of milled rice by 2025.