Trade partner
U.S. Imports
$2.0B
August 2026
U.S. Exports
$32.2M
August 2026
Trade deficit
$2.0B
August 2026 · U.S. imports more than it exports
In August 2026 the United States imported $2.0B from Cambodia and exported $32.2M to it, across 1,088 imported product categories.
Cambodia was the 24th-largest source of U.S. goods imports in August 2026. Over the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $17.7B from Cambodia and exported $435.0M to it. In August 2026, the U.S. ran a monthly goods trade deficit of $2.0B with Cambodia, importing 63.4× as much as it exported. Compared with August 2025, U.S. goods imports from Cambodia in August 2026 (preliminary) were 16% higher. U.S. goods imports from Cambodia of $2.0B in August 2026 ran 35% above the year-to-date monthly average of $1.5B.
Cambodia is a lower-income Southeast Asian economy with exports concentrated in garments, footwear, bicycles, and agricultural products such as rice and cassava. As an LDC and ASEAN member, Cambodia benefits from EBA preferences with the EU, though partial suspension of EBA was enacted in 2020 due to governance concerns. Trade professionals should monitor Cambodia's evolving trade preference status and its growing role in electronics and bicycle manufacturing supply chains.
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Cambodia's top exports are garments and apparel, footwear, bicycles and bicycle parts, rice, cassava, and increasingly electronics components, with the EU, US, and China as major destination markets.
The EU partially suspended Cambodia's EBA preferences in August 2020, removing preferential access for certain garment, footwear, and travel goods categories due to concerns over human rights and democratic governance; other product categories retain EBA benefits.
Cambodia benefits from ASEAN's AFTA, RCEP, LDC preferences in markets such as Japan, Canada, and Australia, and retains partial EBA access to the EU; it also has a bilateral FTA with China signed in 2020.
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Annual data from BEA | 2025
Services Exports
$234.0M
Services Imports
$235.0M
The top U.S. imports from Cambodia are Christmas Festivity Articles, LED Electric Luminaires & Lighting Fittings (General) and LED Christmas Tree Lighting Strings, by value in the latest month.
| Rank | Product | Import value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $129.0M | |
| 2 | $81.2M | |
| 3 | $80.7M | |
| 4 | $77.5M | |
| 5 | $77.3M | |
| 6 | $64.0M | |
| 7 | $56.1M | |
| 8 | $55.2M | |
| 9 | $48.6M | |
| 10 | $47.2M |
| $2.6M |
| 4 | $2.0M |
| 5 | $1.3M |
| 6 | $1.3M |
| 7 | $1.2M |
| 8 | $739K |
| 9 | $680K |
| 10 | $618K |