Cambodia's footwear sector ready for investment: ILO
Aug '19

Cambodia's footwear sector will provide more opportunities for investment and production than the garment sector has grown more rapidly than the garment sector in recent years, according to a research bulletin of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Cambodia joined the list of top 10 footwear exporting countries in 2016 for the first time.

Between 2013 and last year, the footwear sector’s share in Cambodia’s total garment, textile and footwear (GTF) export value grew by 4.4 percentage points, while the garment sector’s share has decreased by almost 10 percentage points, said the bulletin on Cambodia’s GTF industry.

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New footwear association slated to attract investors
By Phnom Penh Post -
September 16, 2019

Cambodia is expected to attract more investors to the footwear industry with the setting up of the Cambodia Footwear Association (CFA).

During the launch of the CFA on Saturday, chairman Ly Khunthay said: “Looking at the tremendous growth of the footwear industry in Cambodia over the past few years, there had been a push for the establishment of an association to come together as one voice to support and promote the footwear industry.

“We will focus on the important tasks of improving market flow by maintaining a favourable trade environment and mobilising investors from all over the world to come and invest in the Cambodian market through trade deals and partnership dialogues,” he said.

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