Even though the United States has strict procedures and rules for food export, Cambodia has potentiality to utilize the huge American market for food export. In the period of January to July 2022, the US became the biggest market, accounting for 43 percent of Cambodia’s total exports. In 2021, Cambodia exported to the US, including garment, footwear, and travel goods, reached $8.7 billion. For instance, Innovative & Development Investors Association (IDI) conducted a seminar on “Food Export to the United States” to provide insights into the procedures, standard requirements, and legal framework necessary to export food products or agriculture products from Cambodia into the US. According to welcome remark of Dr. Hor Serey Vath, chairman, IDI at the seminar, Cambodia will face difficulties entering to the US market if we do not understand the basic requirements of food safety, packaging standards, logistics, warehousing, custom process and paperwork.

Reference: Pradeep, A. (2022, December 4). Cambodia eyes food product export to US. Khmer Times. Retrieved from https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501196186/cambodia-eyes-food-product-export-to-us/