Original report from Phnom Penh
18 September 2009
Cambodians lost more than $3 million in revenue for cassava exports in the first two weeks of September, as demonstrators on the Thai side have refused to let shipments through, officials said Friday.
Hundreds of Thai villagers have forced the closure of the Boeng Trakuon border crossing, blocking cassava trucks from Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces and halting the passage of 4,000 tons of the good per day.
“The prevention of Cambodian cassava export has a cost to the Cambodian economy and the livings of Cambodia people along the border with Thailand,” said Nou Yoth, chief of the border checkpoint. Officials from provinces on both sides of the border had agreed to solve the problem, he said.
“The Thai authorities should resolve the demonstrations,” he said. “Our people have tried hard to plant cassava trees, but there is no export.”
Cassava traders say six Thai companies have been prevented from buying their goods because of the blockade, causing the product to spoil.
“I’ll lose my business, buying cassava from people, and my income, affecting my living,” said Chev Tav a council member of Thmor Puok district. “I cannot earn an income if the Thai companies do not buy cassava from Cambodia.” He had lost more than $7,300 in trade so far, he said.
Kor Dam, a cassava farmer, said he was facing the loss of $30,000 and budget problems for next year thanks to the blockade.
Hundreds of Thai villagers have forced the closure of the Boeng Trakuon border crossing, blocking cassava trucks from Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces and halting the passage of 4,000 tons of the good per day.
“The prevention of Cambodian cassava export has a cost to the Cambodian economy and the livings of Cambodia people along the border with Thailand,” said Nou Yoth, chief of the border checkpoint. Officials from provinces on both sides of the border had agreed to solve the problem, he said.
“The Thai authorities should resolve the demonstrations,” he said. “Our people have tried hard to plant cassava trees, but there is no export.”
Cassava traders say six Thai companies have been prevented from buying their goods because of the blockade, causing the product to spoil.
“I’ll lose my business, buying cassava from people, and my income, affecting my living,” said Chev Tav a council member of Thmor Puok district. “I cannot earn an income if the Thai companies do not buy cassava from Cambodia.” He had lost more than $7,300 in trade so far, he said.
Kor Dam, a cassava farmer, said he was facing the loss of $30,000 and budget problems for next year thanks to the blockade.
4 comments:
Ah fucking Thailand you burnt a Khmer boy alive, we will not forget this terrible killing by your Thai soldiers on Khmer people forever. Don't you lie Ah fucking Thailand
Fuck you Ah Thailand..Thai Kingdom!
Hey Hun Sen,
Where is your minister of economics?
How about stoping some of Thai export into Cambodia?!!! That should encourage the Thai to resolve this issue. How many time must the Thai breaks GATT before the CPP does anything?
siem gov't should control these unruly farmers' protest, etc... because it is do a disservice to the good friendship with cambodia and khmer people. this is not the spirit of bilateral benefit or whatever the siem gov't was talking about with cambodia. think about it, it does no good for the relation with cambodia, really! siem gov't should step up their control of their own unruly people like these ignorant protestors, the pad thugs, etc, etc... or is it because siem gov't is too weak to control them? maybe siem gov't is too ineffective, to say the truth about all that is going on in siem country now! one has to wonder!
these ignorant protesters can only do harm to relation with cambodia. nothing good come out of their thug-like protesting something they so violated and so illegal. they have no concept of respect and no concept of the international law. maybe they are all on drug or something! god bless cambodia.
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