Thailand’s apparel imports from Cambodia are likely to rebound during the current year, although they may still not touch pre-Covid levels.

The trade was at $39.729 million in January 2022 to September 2022. The shipment had witnessed a steep fall in 2020 and 2021. Imports during the first three quarters of this year indicate that the trade is rebounding well.Thailand imported apparel worth $39.729 million in the first three quarters of this year, already nearing the total imports of $41.010 million during 2021.

Imports this year from Cambodia are likely to breach last year’s figure. Imports peaked at $95.806 million in 2019, increasing from $89.091 million in 2018 and $67.170 million in 2017. But it slid to $73.986 million in 2020, before falling drastically to $41.010 in 2021.

Traditionally, Thailand is an apparel importer from Cambodia and exports apparel though in smaller volume to the latter. Thailand’s apparel exports to Cambodia stood at $7.099 million in 2021, $6.394 million in 2020, $10.680 million in 2019 and $9.957 million in 2018. It exported apparel worth $8.482 million in the first three quarters of this year. Cambodia’s apparel exports in the first ten months of 2022 rose by 18 percent.