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Trade between Cambodia and the United States

In 2024, Cambodia exported $13.5 billion to the United States and imported $308 million. Cambodia ran a surplus of $13.2 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $5.6 billion in 2019. The United States was Cambodia’s 2nd largest trading partner (18% of its trade), and Cambodia was the United States’ 43rd (0.3%).

Summary

Cambodia → United States
$13.5billion
United States → Cambodia
$308million
Cambodia’s balance
$13.2billion

Balance

Cambodia’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Cambodia and the United States grew 497.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 13.5
  • Imports 0.3
  • Balance +13.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$5 million$22 million-$17 million
1996$4 million$18 million-$13 million
1997$109 million$16 million$93 million
1998$387 million$9 million$378 million
1999$634 million$15 million$619 million
2000$1.2 billion$49 million$1.1 billion
2001$1.3 billion$36 million$1.3 billion
2002$1.5 billion$27 million$1.5 billion
2003$1.9 billion$58 million$1.8 billion
2004$2.1 billion$51 million$2.1 billion
2005$2.7 billion$67 million$2.7 billion
2006$3.5 billion$54 million$3.4 billion
2007$3.7 billion$88 million$3.7 billion
2008$3.5 billion$270 million$3.2 billion
2009$2.7 billion$141 million$2.6 billion
2010$3.3 billion$163 million$3.2 billion
2011$3.8 billion$191 million$3.6 billion
2012$3.7 billion$219 million$3.4 billion
2013$3.7 billion$246 million$3.5 billion
2014$3.6 billion$423 million$3.2 billion
2015$3.8 billion$409 million$3.4 billion
2016$3.3 billion$337 million$3 billion
2017$3.5 billion$297 million$3.2 billion
2018$4.2 billion$369 million$3.8 billion
2019$6.1 billion$454 million$5.6 billion
2020$7.3 billion$336 million$7 billion
2021$9.9 billion$375 million$9.6 billion
2022$13.3 billion$408 million$12.8 billion
2023$12.3 billion$301 million$12 billion
2024$13.5 billion$308 million$13.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Cambodia sells to the United States

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

  1. Bags, suitcases and cases$1.9 billion · 14.2%
    95 thousand tonnes
  2. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$1.4 billion · 10.4%
    401 thousand tonnes
  3. Sweaters and pullovers$922 million · 6.9%
    36 thousand tonnes
  4. Lamps and light fittings$779 million · 5.8%
    50 thousand tonnes
  5. New tires$771 million · 5.7%
    189 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  6. Women's suits and dresses$514 million · 3.8%
    23 thousand tonnes
  7. Leather footwear$477 million · 3.5%
    14 thousand tonnes
  8. Women's knitted suits and dresses$397 million · 3%
    16 thousand tonnes
  9. Furniture$375 million · 2.8%
    83 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  10. Plastic building fittings$299 million · 2.2%
    25 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Cambodia

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

  1. Cars$57 million · 18.5%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Starch, sugar and brewing residues$30 million · 9.6%
    103 thousand tonnes
  3. Raw furskins$22 million · 7.1%
    118 tonnes
  4. PVC and other vinyl polymers$10 million · 3.3%
    13 thousand tonnes
  5. Soybean meal and pellets$10 million · 3.3%
    21 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Kraft paper and paperboard$10 million · 3.2%
    16 thousand tonnes
  7. Auto parts$6 million · 2%
    463 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Plant waste for animal feed$6 million · 1.9%
    11 thousand tonnes
  9. Bran and milling residues$6 million · 1.8%
    14 thousand tonnes
  10. Soybeans$5 million · 1.7%
    10 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sihanoukville to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Sihanoukville and Los Angeles is 7,769 nautical miles (14,389 km) long: ≈ 18–23 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$13 billion · 94%
  2. Air$822 million · 6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Cambodia’s 2nd largest trading partner (18% of its trade), and Cambodia was the United States’ 43rd (0.3%).

The United States in Cambodia’s trade
17.9%
The United States’ rank among Cambodia’s partners
2nd
Cambodia in the United States’ trade
0.3%
Cambodia’s rank among the United States’ partners
43rd

Compare with

Other partners of Cambodia

Other partners of the United States

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.