CAMBODIA

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CAMBODIA

• IMPORT STATISTICAL DATA

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Workshop on Development of ASEAN Short term
Economic Indicator

• ADDITIONAL PAPAER OF
• CAMBODIA ON IMPORT DATA

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SOURCES OF DATA INTRODUCTION

• IMP DATA ENTRY INTO COMPUTER SYSTEM at CUSTOMS
  SINCE 1994 WITH HS 6 DIGITS USING PARADOX
  PROGRAM.
• SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT (at CUSTOM) 1999 BY USING
  ACCESS DATA BASE

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Introduction/collection (cont.)

• Import data sources
• Customs Excise Department
• Ministry of Commerce
• National Bank of Cambodia

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Data collection (cont.)

• Collected by Customs according to declaration.
  All items on the declaration have to be entered
  into the system especially value in RIEL and US,
  HS code, country of origin, weight, Qty etc..
• Collected by Min. Commerce according to licensing
  c/o. Same items are entered.
• Collected by central bank according to
  transaction payment made at private banks
• Except undeclared transaction along borders which
  is very small made by individuals.

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PROCESSING OF DATA

• By computer system but not EDI,Customs produced
  some types of data reports.
• Types of data reports
• IMP VALUES BY COMMODITY (HS- 8 DIGITS)
• IMP VALUES BY COUNTRY DESTINATION
• IMP QUANTITIES AND WEIGHTS
• IMP REVENUES IN TERM OF DUTY, EXCISE, VAT ETC..

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Goods covered

• Cambodiarely on imports for local consumption
  and export oriented production. So all goods
  declared at point of entry have to be covered in
  the system
• Re-export, temporary import, transits are covered
• Currenry, bank notes are covered

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Goods not covered

• Non commercial transaction of small transaction
  carried along borders made by small individual
• Drugs, military goods, firecrackers
• Others

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COMPILATION

• -COMPILE FROM ALL CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
• -COMPILE FROM OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS MIN. OF
  COMMERCE, NATIONAL BANK, MIN.OF AGRICULTURE AND
  OTHERS

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DISSEMINATION

• SINCE 1995,THE ANNUAL REPORT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
• MID 2001 QUARTERLY AND SEMESTER REPORTS ARE
  PREPARED TO PUBLISHED
• FOR PUBLIC ONLY ANNUAL REPORT
• THOSE REPORTS DO NOT CONTAIN DUTY
• EXCISE, VAT.

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PROBLEMS

• BUDGET FOR EDI PILOT PROJECT
• HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING
• VALUATION OF IMPORTS
• CONNECTION SYSTEM BETWEEN CONCERNED INSTITUTIONS
  AND MINISTRIES NEED SOME MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT

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Problem of using customs import data

• -As GATTVA does not in place, valuation is made
  by using PSI service,or min price, or adjusted
  market price. NIS should coordinate and consult
  when using customs imp data.
• -NIS should coordinate, consult, and reconcile
  the data with customs, commerce, central bank,
  others

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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NEED IMPORT EXPORT

• MEET THE INVESTMENT DEMAND
• INCREASE LOCAL CONSUMPTION

• EXPORT AS GRANTING MFN GSP FROM US EU
• US EU MAIN MARKETS
• ASEAN FUTURE PARTNER FOR EXPORT

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IMPORT 1997-2000

• Unit billion RIEL
• INCREASE CONSIDERABLY IN RIEL TERM
• INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN DOLLAR TERM

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TRADE BALANCE

• DEFICIT BETTER
• BOP IMPROVED

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IMPORT PARTNER

• ASEAN APPROXIMATE 40
• OUTSIDE APPROXIMATE 60

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EXPORT PARTNER/MARKET

• USA AND EU LARGE AS MFN AND GSP GRANT
• OTHERSFUTURE EXPANSION
• ASEAN FULL AFTA IMPLEMENTATION

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MAJOR PRODUCTS IMPORTED EXPORTED

• IMPORTPETROLEUM GOODS,KNITTED FABRIC,MACHINE NOT
  ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, VEHICLE
• EXPORT FISH, CEREALS,SEEDS,WOOD, APPARELS
  KNITTED AND NOT KNITTED

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REMARKS

• -NEED SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE ( ASEAN OTHERS
• -NEED EDI SYSTEM CONNECTION
• -HMR IMPROVEMENT

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION