Hello,

I am trying to find out to what extent the COVID pandemic has affected industry in the SSEZ. We have a factory there that I was on the verge of moving to when this all broke out, and still intend to once I am able. With the garment industry being impacted overall, can anyone give me a sense of factory closings or slowdown as a result of global demand? Does anyone know how the factories are dealinging with or managing with COVID? Temperature checks, masks, etc.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE 2022
Chinese-invested economic zone in Cambodia registers trade increase
Xinhua, July 19, 2022

The value of imports and exports passing through the Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia reached 1.37 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, up 38 percent year on year, said an operator's report on Monday.

Situated in the southwestern coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, the SSEZ is the country's largest industrial zone in terms of size and occupancy.

"In the face of the continuous challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the SSEZ has carried out practical and meticulous pandemic prevention measures, steadily promoted the development and maintained the momentum of growth," the report said.

"The growth in the first half of this year reflects the resilience of the zone's development, and it has made new contributions to local economic and social development," it added.
china.org.cn

Interview: Chinese-invested economic zone integrating Cambodia's Sihanoukville into regional, global supply chains: official
Source: Xinhua
2022-11-07 21:04:32
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia has been transforming the southwestern coastal province of Preah Sihanouk into a link in the regional and global supply chains, a local official said on Monday.

Long Dimanche, the province's deputy governor, said the SSEZ is the biggest industrial zone in terms of size in the Southeast Asian country.

"The SSEZ has played an important role in supporting Cambodia's economic development and has been becoming a link of regional and global supply chains," he told Xinhua.

The 11-square-km industrial zone currently houses approximately 170 factories from China, Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia and other regions with a total investment of more than 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, creating around 30,000 jobs, he said.

Those enterprises manufacture clothes, shoes, luggage and leather goods, machinery, construction materials, home furniture, auto parts and tires, and new photovoltaic materials, among others, he added.
The economic zone is expected to accommodate a total of 300 factories in coming years, and that will create up to 100,000 jobs for the Cambodian people. ■
https://english.news.cn/20221107/3137cd ... a45/c.html

Yeah, it's gonna be renamed Poohville.