AKP Phnom Penh, May 27, 2026 --

Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Wang Wenbin on Wednesday presided over the inauguration ceremony of a rubber processing factory operated by KIMS Rubber (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. in Thbong Khmum province.

The factory is located in Choam Mlou village, Roka Por Pram commune, Thbong Khmum district.

During the ceremony, Samdech Thipadei welcomed the company’s investment and expressed support for its plan to expand operations to other provinces, noting that such projects would contribute significantly to promoting domestic processing industries.

The Prime Minister also thanked Chinese investors, whom he described as the leading investors in Cambodia, for choosing to invest in the Kingdom as part of strengthening bilateral relations.

KIMS Rubber was established and legally registered in Cambodia in 2024 with the aim of promoting agro-industrial development through the production and processing of international-standard rubber products meeting European Union standards for export markets.

The company also supplies rubber materials to domestic factories producing tyres and other rubber-based products.

KIMS Rubber is a foreign-invested subsidiary of Guanda Industrial Co., Ltd., a global agro-industrial company involved in the production, processing, and trade of rubber, sunflower oil, cashew nuts, cocoa, cassava, and soybeans.

The project represents an investment of approximately US$30 million on nearly 15 hectares of land, with an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes of rubber.

The factory is expected to create around 300 direct jobs and provide indirect employment opportunities for more than 50,000 rubber tappers.

The company also plans to invest an additional US$30 million to build a second factory in Rattanakiri province with the same annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia’s total rubber plantation area reached 448,051 hectares in 2025, an increase of 5.31 percent compared to 2024.

Rubber tapping areas totalled 346,842 hectares, up 4.99 percent due to the increasing number of plantations reaching tapping age.

Total rubber production reached 422,842 tonnes, marking a 3.84 percent increase, while average yield stood at 1,129 kilogrammes per hectare per year, slightly declining by 1.10 percent compared to the previous year.

By C. Nika