[PHNOM PENH POST]
Cargo shipment revenue at Sihanoukville Autonomous Deep Sea Port
increased 33 per cent in January compared to the same time last year,
according to data obtained yesterday from the port.
The data showed that revenues reached $2.5 million, up from $1.87 in January 2011.
More than 29,400 tonnes of cargo passed through the port last month, a year-on-year jump of 24.8 per cent.
Growth
in trade accounted for increased revenue, the port’s general director
Lou Kim Chhun told the Post on Wednesday. He predicted a strong increase
in shipments in the second quarter of 2012.
“There are a lot of
goods being transported in May and June. Most of the demand is from
Europe,” Lou Kim Chhun said, adding that clothing, cosmetics,
electronics and vehicles composed the majority of the products crossing
through the port.
Sin Chanthy, general secretary of the Cambodia
Freight Forwarders Association and president of Linehaul Express
(Cambodia) Co Ltd, reported a slight decrease in imports via the
Sihanoukville port despite the climb in overall shipments.
“Most products are imported from China, but China was busy with Chinese New Year,” he said.
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