Cambodia's apparel exports to South Korea up 14% to $191 mn in 2022

Following a healthy growth in apparel exports to South Korea last year, Cambodian shipments in the first two months of this year reached a level similar to that achieved in the fourth quarter of 2022. 

Cambodia's apparel exports to South Korea increased from $167.151 million in 2021 to $191.374 million in 2022, recording a growth of 14.37 per cent over the previous year. The exports reached $43.104 million in the first two months of 2023, close to the shipment of $43.112 million during Q4 2022. Cambodia's apparel exports recorded $169.716 million in 2020, $187.650 million in 2019 and $173.889 million in 2018, according to Fibre2Fashion's market insight tool TexPro. 

South Korea ranked 13^th in Cambodia's top markets for apparel exports. The shipment to South Korea accounted for 1.37 per cent ($191.374 million) of Cambodia's total exports of $13.980 billion in 2022. 

Meanwhile, Cambodia was the seventh-largest apparel supplier for South Korea. Apparel imports from Cambodia accounted for 1.57 per cent of the total imports of $12.178 billion in 2022. South Korea's apparel imports were mainly from China and Vietnam, who supplied 64 per cent of the apparel to the Korean market, as per TexPro.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KUL)