[PHNOM PENH POST]
Cambodia's imports of vehicles surged more than 60 percent in the first half of the year, Ministry of Commerce statistics show.
Imports
of vehicles, including motorbikes and cars, totalled 335,131 units in
the first six months, from 208,611 units in the period last year, the
data shows.
Toyota (Cambodia) Company Chairman Kong Nuon said
yesterday the firm’s imports had bounced back following a downturn
caused by the March 11 earthquake in Japan.
“Year on year growth
in demand from customers is high,” he said. “When the disaster happened
in Japan, we didn’t have autos to supply our customers. Now, everything
is back to normal.”
The company targets sales of more than 550 Toyota vehicles this year.
Phnom Penh’s motorbike dealers said they had also seen an increase in 2011.
“This
year, I can sell 50 motorbikes a month, compared to 30 a month last
year,” said Kim Chhay, owner of Kim Chhay Motorcycle Shop in 7 Makara
district.
“Our business has been very good as the economy gets
better, and Cambodian people earn plenty from their havest of crops such
as rice, cassava and corn,” he said.
As of June, Cambodia had
1.49 million motorcycles and about 300,000 cars, buses and trucks,
according to a report obtained from the Ministry of Public Works and
Transport’s Overland Transport Department obtained by The Post
yesterday.
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