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Trade between Cambodia and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Cambodia exported $1.4 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $69 million. Cambodia ran a surplus of $1.4 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Cambodia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Cambodia was the United Kingdom’s 61st (0.1%).

Summary

Cambodia → United Kingdom
$1.4billion
United Kingdom → Cambodia
$69million
Cambodia’s balance
$1.4billion

Balance

Cambodia’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Cambodia and the United Kingdom grew 95.5-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Cambodia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.4
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$12 million$4 million$8 million
1996$34 million$5 million$29 million
1997$40 million$4 million$37 million
1998$39 million$10 million$30 million
1999$69 million$6 million$63 million
2000$191 million$23 million$168 million
2001$314 million$26 million$287 million
2002$326 million$19 million$308 million
2003$351 million$10 million$341 million
2004$412 million$13 million$399 million
2005$287 million$10 million$277 million
2006$350 million$10 million$340 million
2007$388 million$13 million$375 million
2008$405 million$8 million$397 million
2009$523 million$9 million$514 million
2010$634 million$9 million$625 million
2011$927 million$40 million$887 million
2012$1 billion$27 million$978 million
2013$1.2 billion$40 million$1.2 billion
2014$1.6 billion$33 million$1.6 billion
2015$1.6 billion$40 million$1.5 billion
2016$1.5 billion$38 million$1.5 billion
2017$1.5 billion$60 million$1.4 billion
2018$1.4 billion$82 million$1.3 billion
2019$1.3 billion$78 million$1.3 billion
2020$1 billion$53 million$979 million
2021$844 million$69 million$775 million
2022$1.4 billion$112 million$1.3 billion
2023$1.3 billion$104 million$1.2 billion
2024$1.4 billion$69 million$1.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Cambodia sells to the United Kingdom

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Sweaters and pullovers$269 million · 18.9%
    16 thousand tonnes
  2. Women's knitted suits and dresses$157 million · 11.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  3. Women's suits and dresses$92 million · 6.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  4. T-shirts$79 million · 5.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Men's knitted suits and trousers$71 million · 5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Leather footwear$56 million · 4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Men's suits and trousers$50 million · 3.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Women's knitted underwear and pajamas$49 million · 3.4%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Men's coats and jackets$40 million · 2.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Bicycles$38 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Cambodia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$14 million · 20.4%
    253 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Meat and fish meal$10 million · 14.1%
    18 thousand tonnes
  3. Spirits$3 million · 3.7%
    156 tonnes
  4. Women's suits and dresses$2 million · 3.1%
    60 tonnes
  5. Pet and animal feed$2 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Putty and sealants$2 million · 2.6%
    80 tonnes
  7. Forage (alfalfa and hay)$2 million · 2.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Other food preparations$2 million · 2.5%
    139 tonnes
  9. Sweaters and pullovers$2 million · 2.4%
    45 tonnes
  10. Women's knitted suits and dresses$2 million · 2.3%
    41 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sihanoukville to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Sihanoukville and Felixstowe is 12,543 nautical miles (23,230 km) long: ≈ 29–37.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (12,543 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (9,095 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.4 billion · 91.6%
  2. Air$126 million · 8.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Cambodia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Cambodia was the United Kingdom’s 61st (0.1%).

The United Kingdom in Cambodia’s trade
1.9%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Cambodia’s partners
11th
Cambodia in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.1%
Cambodia’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
61st

Compare with

Other partners of Cambodia

Other partners of the United Kingdom

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.