That dollar amount results from a 78% increase from $17.6 billion five years earlier in 2021.
Year over year, the overall value of Cambodian exports accelerated by 17.3% compared to $26.7 billion worth of international sales for 2024.
Based on the average exchange rate at the end of December 2025, the Cambodian riel depreciated by -0.04% against the US dollar since March 10, 2025. The weaker Cambodian currency in 2025 made Cambodia’s exports paid for in slightly stronger US dollars relatively less expensive for international buyers starting from American currency.
Cambodia’s Major Trading Partners
The latest available country-specific data shows that 87.0% of products exported from Cambodia was bought by importers in: United States of America (40.7% of the Cambodian total), Vietnam (11.9%), mainland China (5.4%), Japan (5%), Canada (4.1%), Spain (3.7%), United Kingdom (3.2%), Netherlands (3.1%), Singapore (2.94%), Germany (2.89%), Thailand (2.3%) and Australia (1.6%).
From a continental perspective, 45.6% of Cambodia’s exports by value was delivered to North American countries while 31.7% was sold to importers in Asia.
Cambodia shipped another 19.4% worth of goods to buyers in Europe.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Oceania (1.7%) mostly Australia and New Zealand, Latin America (1.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Africa (0.4%).
Given Cambodia’s population of 17.4 million people, its total US$31.3 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $1,800 for every resident in the southeastern Asian country. That dollar metric surpasses the average $1,550 per capita one year earlier during 2024.
Cambodia’s Top 10 Exports
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Cambodian global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Cambodia.
- Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: US$7.8 billion (24.8% of total exports)
- Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $3.6 billion (11.6%)
- Leather/animal gut articles: $2.2 billion (6.9%)
- Footwear: $2.1 billion (6.7%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $2.1 billion (6.6%)
- Cereals: $1.6 billion (5.1%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting , signs, prefab buildings: $1.6 billion (5.0%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $1.4 billion (4.6%)
- Gems, precious metals: $1.2 billion (3.9%)
- Fruits, nuts: $1.2 billion (3.8%)
By value, Cambodia’s top 10 exported product categories generated almost four-fifths (79%) of the overall value of its global shipments.
Gems and precious metals represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 117.3% from 2024 to 2025.
In second place for improving export sales was the fruits and nuts grouping via a 37.9% advance.
Cambodia’s shipments of rubber, both as materials and including items made from rubber, posted the third-fastest gain in value up by 37.2%.
The leading decliner among Cambodia’s top 10 export categories was electrical machinery and equipment thanks to a -23.7% year-over-year reduction.
The above information is presented at the two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.
Drilling down from the more granular four-digit HTS code perspective, cases, handbags and wallets represent Cambodia’s most valuable exported good generating 7.3% of total Cambodian export sales.
In second place was rice (7.1%) trailed by knitted or crocheted jerseys and pullovers (7%), cases, handbags and wallets (6.5%), rice (5%), unknitted and non-crocheted women’s clothing (4.7%), knitted or crocheted women’s clothing (also 4.7%), new rubber tires (4.4%), unwrought gold (3.6%), knitted or crocheted t-shirts and vests (2.8%), leather footwear (2.6%) then cashew nuts and coconuts (also 2.6%).
Products Creating Cambodia’s Best Trade Surpluses
The following types of Cambodian product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.
In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.
- Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: US$7.7 billion (Up by 17.1% since 2024)
- Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $3.5 billion (Up by 15.7%)
- Leather/animal gut articles: $2.1 billion (Up by 5.3%)
- Footwear: $1.7 billion (Up by 25.2%)
- Cereals: $1.51 billion (Down by -18.2%)
- Rubber, rubber articles: $1.46 billion (Up by 46.2%)
- Furniture, bedding, lighting , signs, prefab buildings: $1.23 billion (Up by 31.3%)
- Fruits, nuts: $1.14 billion (Up by 37.9%)
- Gems, precious metals: $1.05 billion (Up by 221.5%)
- Toys, games: $595 million (Up by 138.6%)
Cambodia has highly positive net exports in the international trade of apparel. In turn, these cashflows indicate Cambodia’s strong competitive advantages under the clothing and accessories product categories.
Products Causing Cambodia’s Largest Trade Deficits
Cambodia incurred an overall -US$2.7 billion trade deficit in 2025. That amount of red ink represents a 32.6% expansion from Cambodia’s -$2.05 billion deficit one year earlier for 2024.
Below are exports from Cambodia that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Cambodia’s goods trail Cambodian importer spending on foreign products.
- Mineral fuels including oil: -US$3.6 billion (Down by -7.3% since 2024)
- Knit or crochet fabric: -$3.2 billion (Up by 6%)
- Machinery including computers: -$2.4 billion (Up by 57%)
- Vehicles: -$1.8 billion (Up by 50.9%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: -$1.5 billion (Up by 1976.9%)
- Manmade staple fibers: -$1.3 billion (Up by 0.1%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: -$1.1 billion (Up by 23%)
- Articles of iron or steel: -$1 billion (Up by 64%)
- Iron, steel: -$898.8 million (Up by 43.7%)
- Paper, paper items: -$867.3 million (Up by 50.4%)
Cambodia has negative net exports and therefore international trade deficits historically for refined petroleum oils, coal, electrical energy and petroleum gas under the mineral fuels including oil product category.
Cambodian Export Companies
Not one Cambodian corporation ranks among companies showcased on the Forbes Global 2000.
Wikipedia lists exports-related companies from Cambodia. Selected examples are shown below.
- Cambrew Brewery (alcoholic beverages)
- Comin Khmere (construction & materials)
- Kampot Cement (construction resources)
- Kingdom Breweries (alcoholic beverages)
- Sokimex (oil, gas)
- The Royal Group (conglomerate)
In macroeconomic terms, Cambodia’s total exported goods represent 20.8% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($150 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 20.8% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 19% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively increasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Cambodia’s total economic performance, albeit based on a relatively short timeframe.
Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Cambodia’s unemployment rate averaged 0.26% in 2025, down from an average 0.27% for 2024 according to Trading Economics statistics.
Cambodia’s capital city is Phnom Penh, nicknamed the “Pearl of Asia” and “The Charming City”.
See also China’s Top 10 Imports, Japan’s Top Trading Partners, Canada’s Top Trading Partners, Vietnam’s Top 10 Exports and Thailand’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on March 10, 2026
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on March 10, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Wikipedia, Cambodia. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Wikipedia, List of Companies of Cambodia. Accessed on March 10, 2026
Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on March 10, 2026