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High Value Silk

The High Value Silk Project of the Cambodia Export Diversification and Expansion Program (CEDEP) I, which ended in March 2016, aimed to promote high-value silk exports. The goal was to increase the competitiveness of the Cambodian silk sector to create jobs, particularly for women, support export diversification, reduce poverty and boost income growth. Cambodian companies participating in the High‑Value Silk Project benefited from individual coaching, advisory support and training to develop their products and markets. They also received support to establish business contacts worldwide and develop long-term partnerships.

 Milled Rice

Rice is the largest employment sector of the Cambodian economy. The project is seeking to increase the competitiveness of Cambodian rice exports, which will result in better earnings for rice millers and farmers in the milled rice supply chain. With the support of the project, Cambodian Rice Millers are successful completing export contracts by meeting Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards requested by importers, especially with respect to fragrant rice, which is the leading Cambodian rice brand.

 Results

High Value Silk

  • 100% increase in weavers’ monthly average income from silk weaving from 2012 to 2014.
  • 88 new jobs created by the 14 project beneficiary companies since 2012.
  • 168 weavers newly contracted by the 14 project beneficiary companies since 2012.
  • 74% increase in exports of Cambodian silk products by the 14 direct project beneficiaries between 2012 and 2014.
  • 46% increase in the sales value of silk products sold to tourists between 2012 and 2014.
  • Business linkages created with more than 300 prospective buyers in five markets (EU, US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand).
  • 127 new silk products designed by 13 companies.
  • 11 trade fairs/marketing missions and 7 study tours facilitated by the project.
  • 1 SME registered as Guaranteed Fair Trade Organization by the World Fair Trade Organization.
  • 11 reports and studies on import markets, silk sector value chain, silk yarn sourcing.
  • The Cambodia National Silk Strategy was finalized and a roadmap for its implementation defined under the leadership of the Silk Sector Development and Promotion Commission.

 Milled Rice

  • 538,396 tons of rice were exported in 2015 from Cambodia, valued at US$376,877,200.
  • The project facilitated US$72,497,774 of rice exports over the January-December 2015 period (with fragrant rice accounting for more than half of the facilitated exports). This brings the value of the project’s total rice export facilitation efforts to US$146,618,197 as of December 31, 2015.
  • Cambodian Milled Rice Standards have been developed and endorsed by the Government.
  • The branding strategy for Cambodian rice was endorsed by the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF).
  • 3 technical working groups formed with support of the project (Rice Standard Technical Working Group; Export Promotion Working Group; and Global Market Access Exco).
  • Market Potential analyses and trade information has been developed for six new markets (US, China, Singapore, Ivory Coast, France and Germany).
  • 3 new markets procured Cambodian rice (US, EU, China).
  • 3 food safety manuals (GMP, HACCP and ISO 22000) and one occupational health and safety manual (OHS) have been developed. Training sessions were also held.
  • 376 exporters and export-ready millers participated in 9 trade fairs and key buyer-sellers meetings.
  • 39 exporters and export-export ready millers participated in trade missions (4 for the US; 25 for the EU and France; and 10 for China and Hong Kong).
  • 11 rice mills have received the HACCP food safety certification. 
Country
Cambodia