Cambodian cashew, pepper firms have shot to sell products on Alibaba.com
Thursday, 05 Aug 2021
8:05 PM MYT

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Growers and suppliers of cashew nuts and geographical indication- (GI) certified Kampot pepper will soon have a chance to sell their products to Chinese consumers through the e-commerce platform Alibaba.com, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Entrepreneurship Development Fund (EDF) on Tuesday (Aug 3).

EDF Secretariat director Chea Kokhong on Aug 3 chaired an online meeting with Alibaba.com representatives to discuss the different elements of the e-commerce ecosystem, and availing Cambodian wares on the platform, especially for the Chinese market.

He said the meeting also covered logistics, customs procedures and how to smooth the clearance process, previous experiences on working with the government to facilitate exports, and leverage local NGO Cambodian Entrepreneur Development’s (CED) expertise to digitally market select products for a Chinese audience and find strategic partners.

The meeting settled on cashew nuts and GI-branded pepper for market testing, Kokhong said.

EDF project coordinator Bun Phalla told The Post on Aug 4 that the Alibaba team was specifically looking for products representative of Cambodia.
The two cash crops chosen have logged remarkable export figures, further motivating the meeting’s decision, he said.
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