Cambodia and the emerging trade challenges – the erosion and loss of preferential market access and rules of origin and the quest for alternatives

Tariff preferences have played an important role in determining the growth of Cambodia’s exports during the last decade and even more pronouncedly in recent years. Cambodian exports enjoy duty-free market access under a variety of duty-free quotafree programmes that have been developed and that some developing countries have put in place for LDCs. In addition, Cambodia is also expected to enjoy duty-free access within ASEAN and benefit from the free trade agreements concluded with ASEAN dialogue partners. There is a series of findings34 indicating that these regional preferences have not been fully utilized due to inherent complexities that are far from being addressed even under the AEC initiative and ATIGA.

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