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Export to Cambodia

Small, dollar-using market. Buys Indian medicines, vehicles, meat and garment inputs for its clothing factories.

Capital
Phnom Penh
Currency
KHR
Trade agreement with India
ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)
In force (India applied it from 1 January 2010; member dates vary)
Main ports
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, Techo International Airport (Phnom Penh)

Cambodia is a small but growing market where the US dollar is widely used alongside the riel. Its garment factories import yarn and fabric, and it buys Indian medicines, vehicles, buffalo meat and machinery. Much trade comes in through Sihanoukville or by road from Vietnam and Thailand.

ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)

Cambodia is an ASEAN member, so Indian goods on its tariff-reduction lists enter at a lower or zero duty when they carry an AITIGA certificate of origin (Form AI), issued online through DGFT’s certificate-of-origin platform. A review to upgrade AITIGA was still under negotiation in October 2026 (15th Joint Committee, Jakarta). Check the duty for your HS code before quoting a price.

What it buys from India

  • Medicines and pharmaceutical products
  • Yarn, fabrics and garment accessories
  • Vehicles, machinery and buffalo meat

Import rules on their side

  • Medicines must be registered with Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (Department of Drugs and Food) through a local importer.
  • CamControl, under the Ministry of Commerce, checks food and consumer-product safety and labelling at the border.
  • Claim AITIGA rates with a Form AI certificate of origin; check the duty for your HS code with the customs department (GDCE).

Practical tips

  • Prices and payments are usually in US dollars. Ask for advance payment or an LC from an established bank.
  • Garment factories are often foreign-owned and order through head offices in other Asian countries; find out who decides the purchase.
  • Order sizes are small; consolidated LCL shipments through Singapore or Port Klang are common.
Sources (6)
  1. Department of Commerce — ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement
  2. ASEAN Secretariat — ASEAN-India Free Trade Area
  3. General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia
  4. CamControl — Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
  5. Department of Commerce — TradeStat export-import data bank
  6. Indian Trade Portal (FIEO / Department of Commerce) — market access by country

Trade data

India’s exports to Cambodia in numbers

From the Department of Commerce’s TradeStat (Indian financial years, April–March), the country’s imports from the world from UN Comtrade, and its basics from the World Bank.

India’s exports here, 2025-26
US$ 280 mn
No. 78 of our 80 countries
Change from 2024-25
↑ +39.4%
US$ 201 mn → US$ 280 mn
Share of all Indian exports
0.06%
Its imports from the world
—
2020-21: US$ 169 mn1692020-212021-22: US$ 198 mn1982021-222022-23: US$ 220 mn2202022-23n/a2023-242024-25: US$ 201 mn2012024-252025-26: US$ 280 mn2802025-26
India’s exports to Cambodia, year by year · US$ million · TradeStat’s 2023-24 country table is double-counted, so it is not shown

What India sells here most

By HS chapter, 2025-26. Change is against 2024-25.

Name2025-26Change
1AluminiumHS 76US$ 74.7 mn+124.5%
2Medicines and pharmaHS 30US$ 65.9 mn+14.5%
3Vehicles and partsHS 87US$ 30.4 mn+21.6%
4MachineryHS 84US$ 15.9 mn+100.3%
5Hides and skinsHS 41US$ 13.2 mn+3.9%
6Animal feed and food residuesHS 23US$ 9 mn-0.4%
7Electrical and electronicsHS 85US$ 9 mn+44.4%
8MeatHS 02US$ 7.9 mn+44%
9CottonHS 52US$ 7.4 mn+23.9%
10Other chemical productsHS 38US$ 4.8 mn-14.8%
11RubberHS 40US$ 4.4 mn+47.5%
12Organic chemicalsHS 29US$ 4.2 mn+172.7%

What is rising and what is falling

Chapters where India sells at least US$ 5 million. Change from 2024-25 to 2025-26.

High demand

  1. AluminiumUS$ 33.3 mn → US$ 74.7 mn+124.5%
  2. MachineryUS$ 7.9 mn → US$ 15.9 mn+100.3%
  3. Electrical and electronicsUS$ 6.2 mn → US$ 9 mn+44.4%
  4. MeatUS$ 5.5 mn → US$ 7.9 mn+44%
  5. CottonUS$ 6 mn → US$ 7.4 mn+23.9%
  6. Vehicles and partsUS$ 25 mn → US$ 30.4 mn+21.6%
  7. Medicines and pharmaUS$ 57.5 mn → US$ 65.9 mn+14.5%

Low demand

No sizeable chapter falls in this list this year.

Our product guides that sell here

India’s exports of each product to this country, 2025-26.

Name2025-26Change
1Finished leatherUS$ 9.7 mn+0.8%
2Oil meals (soybean, rapeseed, groundnut)US$ 8.8 mn+0.6%
3Fresh grapesUS$ 990k—

The 20 biggest export lines

4-digit HS lines, 2025-26, with their Harmonized System descriptions.

Name2025-26Change
1MedicamentsHS 3004US$ 53.9 mn+19.7%
2Aluminium wireHS 7605US$ 41.7 mn+50.1%
3AluminiumHS 7601US$ 32.9 mn+507.6%
4Motor vehiclesHS 8708US$ 12.5 mn+118.8%
5Human bloodHS 3002US$ 9.7 mn+40.6%
6Oil-cake and other solid residuesHS 2306US$ 8.8 mn+0.9%
7Motor cars and other motor vehiclesHS 8703US$ 6.6 mn-26.8%
8Meat of bovine animalsHS 0202US$ 6.5 mn+58.9%
9Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine or…HS 4107US$ 5.3 mn-14.3%
10Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators…HS 3808US$ 4.6 mn-15.8%
11Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200g/m2HS 5209US$ 4.5 mn+58.9%
12Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment dressed leather, of sheep or lamb…HS 4112US$ 4.4 mn+27.7%
13Electric accumulators, including separators thereforHS 8507US$ 4.3 mn+6.7%
14TractorsHS 8701US$ 4.2 mn-31.7%
15Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from materials of heading no. 5404HS 5407US$ 3.7 mn-14.3%
16VehiclesHS 8704US$ 3.6 mn+101.7%
17Dish washing machinesHS 8422US$ 3.6 mn+35,900%
18Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of animals…HS 4113US$ 3.1 mn+9.1%
19New pneumatic tyres, of rubberHS 4011US$ 2.8 mn+44%
20Reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston enginesHS 8407US$ 2.6 mn+217.3%

What India buys from Cambodia

India’s imports from this country in 2025-26 by HS chapter, from TradeStat — this country can be your supplier too.

India’s imports, 2025-26
US$ 127 mn
US$ 97.6 mn → US$ 127 mn
India’s exports, 2025-26
US$ 280 mn
Trade balance
+US$ 154 mn
exports minus imports
Change in imports
+29.6%
Name2025-26Change
1Knitted garmentsHS 61—+1.7%
2AluminiumHS 76—+7,723.1%
3Other food preparationsHS 21—+351.9%
4Woven garmentsHS 62—+66.5%
5FootwearHS 64—-19.1%
6Fats and oilsHS 15—+135.9%
7Electrical and electronicsHS 85—-62.3%
8Leather goods, bagsHS 42—+16.9%
9Home textiles, made-upsHS 63—+34.4%
10MachineryHS 84—+6.7%

The country at a glance

Population
17.8 mn
2025
GDP
US$ 51.3 bn
2025
GDP per person
US$ 2,872
2025
Imports (goods and services)
US$ 34.6 bn
2025

Sources: TradeStat — Export Import Data Bank, Department of Commerce · World Bank — World Development Indicators · Figures taken 29 October 2026.

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