Transports & Logistics Committee meeting on the 12th December 2024

5 Dec 2024 | Transport & Logistics Past Meetings

Last modified date: 19 Dec 2024

Duration: 1 hourย 

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ & ๐‹๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

 

The Transport & Logistics Committee held its ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, looking back on the committeeโ€™s successful initiatives throughout the year. Notably, in late September, the committee ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ advocating for increased government intervention in Cambodia’s transport and logistics sector.

Following this, committee leaders met with ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ during the 7th Session of the National Logistics Council, where EuroCham was invited to present on “Cambodia’s Cross-Border Procedures and Logistics Infrastructure.”

Before the year’s final committee meeting, EuroCham also held a productive session with the ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž (๐†๐ƒ๐‚๐„) on the 19th of November. During this session, the committee shared its report of the Deputy PM meeting, which notably resulted in the removal of the โ€œLetter to the Director of Customsโ€ procedural requirement.

In addition, the EuroCham team presented preliminary results from the ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ, revealing concerns within the private sector, such as the lack of transparency in customs systems and the high cost of logistics.

The meeting concluded with a discussion of the upcoming ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ & ๐‹๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ. The proposed agenda was reviewed.