A Study On The Imbalance Of Sino - Cambodian Bilateral Trade Development

Cambodia which is one of the ten ASEAN countries, is one of the important areas to carry out foreign investment of China in recent years, both the number of investment projects and the amount of investment growth trends were tested. According to the Cambodia Development Board statistics, as of the end of 2014, the number of China’s total investment in Cambodia amounted over 9.6 billion dollars, and China is Cambodia’s biggest source of foreign investment. At the same time China is an important trading partner of Cambodia. The trade between China and Cambodia continued to grow steadily, in 2012, China is the largest importer country of Cambodia. The total bilateral trade in 2014 amounted to $ 3.757 billion. But the trade volume between China and Cambodian is small, and China has a high surplus state for Cambodia.According to the author of three months of fieldwork in Cambodia, comparing the status of China-Cambodia bilateral trade with the status quo of China-Vietnam bilateral trade, we found a high degree of trade imbalance between China and Cambodia. We analysis Cambodia bilateral trade imbalance for the international division of labor, differences in the level of economic development, Chinese enterprises do not attach importance to the Cambodian market, international logistics cost. The cases that China imported rice and cassava from Cambodia are analysis. So that we both can improve self Cambodia China import trade, while also relieve Cambodia bilateral trade growing trade surplus, Finally, on China’s position, the report proposes economic aid to Cambodia to strengthen and develop complementary industry trade, investment and promote trade, good Chinese Chamber of Commerce four-point proposal to ease the exchange of trade imbalance between China and Cambodia. This provided written material for the Chinese government to understand the development of China-Cambodia bilateral trade imbalances.By studying Cambodian trade imbalance, analyzing the causes of trade imbalance between China and Cambodia, and seeking ways to improve the bilateral trade volume between China and Cambodia, it is to reduce or control Cambodia’s trade surplus and to provide reference for the Chinese government’s handling of the bilateral relations between China and Cambodia. At the same time,it has a certain significance of promoting the development of the ASEAN Free Trade Area and the development of the Greater Mekong Sub region Economic Cooperation.