Cambodia Outdoor Communication Battery Cabinet Electrical Factory

Local distributors are numerous and vary in size. They supply a large variety of products, from white goods and lighting to electrical equipment and electronic accessories. Mega Electrical, GGear Group, and Triangle are some of the largest Cambodian distributors.

In Cambodia, no initiatives or NGOs focus exclusively on sustainable electronics. However, multiple issues in other industries (such as the garment sector) are also present in the EEE sector. As Cambodian electronics manufacturing increases its GDP share, adaptation of initiatives to this specific industry seems ineluctable.

The Cambodian market for electrical and electronic products is segmented into two main categories: low-cost products from China with varying quality, and high-quality products for customers who are willing to pay more.

In 2021, Cambodia has approximately 54,000 people working in electrical and electronics manufacturing, which account for about 1.43% of the country's total employment. For comparison, the industry employed 600,000 people in Thailand (1.57% of the workforce) and more than a million in Vietnam (1.78% of the workforce).

The Kingdom will first focus on expanding output in simple components and sub-assembly, including cables and connectors, and printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, before moving up the value chain in the mid-term and turning Cambodia into an integrated electronics production hub, including final assembly, in the long run.

Although EU exports of electrical and electronic equipment (HS code 85) to Cambodia increased from $18 million in 2021 to $20.6 million in 2022, they still only accounted for a small percentage of Cambodia's total imports from the EU (2.5% and only the 11th most imported commodity), down from $23.3 million in 2020.