2. BritCham Cambodia
1996 Established as the British Business Association
of Cambodia (BBAC)
BiSEA Member (Reciprocal Memberships)
2010 Registered as a ‘Chamber’ in Cambodia
2011 Founding Member of EuroCham Cambodia
2014 UKTI OBN Grant approved and started
2015 Start BCC Accreditation Process
3. Managing the Chamber
8 Elected Board Members
1 Full Time Executive Director
1 Full Time Office Manager (2015)
Committees:
Events, Membership, Finance, MarComs, UKTI
Advisory Board:
Former Board members, local dignitaries, et cetera
4. Membership
125 Chamber members
80% Corporate members
Extended Network of over 500 people
BritCham Cambodia communicates with its members
and network via:
Monthly Newsletter, Website, LinkedIn Group, FaceBook
Page, Twitter, and in person at all events
5. Within Cambodia
BritCham Office is based within the British Embassy
MoU for a reciprocal relationship signed with the
Cambodian Chamber of Commerce for events and
information sharing
Close working relationship with other National
Chambers (AmCham, AusCham, InCham, IBC, et
cetera)
7. Events
A mixture of, Business Briefings, Networking Events,
Social Events, Family Events, Women's Events
Monthly Breakfasts, Lunches, or Dinners
Annual, Family Day, Team Challenge Days, Pub
Quiz Challenge, Speed Networking
8. Services
Reduced entry fees to
events
General enquiry Business Introduction
Business Referral Headstart services Touchdown service
Trade Missions Members Database BritCham Members Events
Market Research Expatriate and Local
Networks
Advance access to reports,
articles and notices
9. The Cambodian Market
Population around 15 Million people
GDP at US$ 15.25B (2013)
Exports US$6.78B (2013)
clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Imports US$8.89B (2013)
petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction
materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical
14. Garments and Shoes
The garment industry currently employs more about
600,000 people and accounts for over 70% of
Cambodia's total exports
In the first six months of 2014 the sector saw
exports of US$2.92B - a 16% increase in exports
from the same period in 2013
16. Tourism
2.54 million international visitors in the first seven
months of 2014, up 4.5 percent compared to the
same period last year
2013 saw a total of US$2.5B in Tourism receipts
18. Construction
1,641 projects were approved, covering an area of
7.5 million square metres, with a value of US$2.8B
in 2013, an increase of 31% year-on-year.
21. Doing business in Cambodia
Dollarised Economy
100% Foreign Owned Companies permitted
No Capital Controls on inflows and outflows
Favourable Tax Regime (Caped at 20%)
Registered capital for new company: US$1,000
Registration process should take under three months
Registration should cost less than US$2,000
22. Tax on Profit:
20% for the profit realised by a legal person.
9% for the profit of Qualified Investment Project
(CDC approved) to be entitled to the 5 year
transitional period
0% on profit of Qualified Investment Project during
the tax exemption period as determined by CDC.
According to the progressive tax rate by tranche for
the table below for the profit realized by the
physical person: