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Data from the Ministry of industry and handicrafts in Kampuchea showed that, at the end of June 2014, registration in Kampuchea register There are 1200 garment factories, an increase of 8% over the previous 6 months. The report also revealed that by the end of last month, the number of people employed in the clothing industry had reached 733 thousand and 300, compared with 677 thousand and 600 at the end of last year.

"This is a good omen for the clothing industry," said MeanSophea, Vice Minister of industry and crafts. However, in January this year, garment workers demanded a minimum wage, and a nationwide demonstration was launched. During the clashes, police opened fire, resulting in 5 deaths. The vice minister declined to comment.

　　 Cambodia KenLoo, Secretary General of garment manufacturers association, Kampuchea clothing The manufacturing industry still has business opportunities, but the number of business registration is only increasing. In fact, after demonstrations in January this year, factory owners still have doubts about new investment and expansion. "Our membership is indeed increasing, but compared to last year, the growth rate is much slower." He added.

The Kampuchea clothing association has 500 clothing and shoe factory members. Of course, the number of clothing and shoe factories in Kampuchea is much more than that because some factories do not join the association.

Kampuchea garment factories are mainly concentrated in Phnom Penh and Sihanouk. Most of the clothing and footwear raw materials in Kampuchea are imported from Asian countries, especially from China, Japan and Korea. At present, Kampuchea garment factory has the technological level of water washing, nail bead, tie dyeing, embroidery and so on, but the dyeing and finishing ability is not yet available. The minimum wage of clothing enterprises in Kampuchea is US $83 per month, but the average wage is around us $110-120 per month.

The low wage level in Kampuchea has great attraction for clothing and other labor-intensive industries. In recent years, due to the rising labor costs in China, a considerable number of Hong Kong and Taiwan funded enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises and even some mainland enterprises have shifted their production to low wage countries such as Kampuchea and Vietnam. But too low wages will also cause workers to resist, Kampuchea clothing workers in January this year held a large-scale protest and killed 5 people. After this incident, the order of clothing factories in Kampuchea had a certain degree of decline.