AKP Phnom Penh, March 27, 2025 --

The General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) and DHL EXPRESS (CAMBODIA) LTD. have signed a memorandum of understanding on the management and exchange of information on express parcels.

The MoU was inked by H.E. Kun Nhem, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, Director General of GDCE, and Mr. Prayag Chitrakar, President of DHL EXPRESS (CAMBODIA) LTD. with the participation from relevant officials, representatives of development partners, as well as leaders and officials of GDCE.

The main objective of the MoU is to strengthen cooperation between GDCE and DHL in connecting automated systems and electronic data exchange, reducing the requirements for customs declaration documents, reducing the burden of entering customs declaration data, improving risk management functions and establishing a communication network which will make the process of completing customs clearance procedures easier, faster and more compliant.

H.E. Kun Nhem said that the MoU is another new development in expanding cooperation with DHL EXPRESS (CAMBODIA) to promote trade facilitation, improve the business and investment environment in Cambodia.

He also highlighted the significant achievements of the GDCE in recent years in modernising its institution and facilitating trade.

These achievements include the implementation of the National Single Window system, the full automation of customs clearance procedures, the implementation of the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme, the adoption of Pre-Arrival Processing, and the expansion of e-Payment options, he added.

Mr. Prayag Chitrakar expressed his gratitude to the GDCE for taking the initiative in preparing this MoU document.

He pledged to join the Royal Government, especially the GDCE, in promoting the rapid transit sector to become a regional logistics hub and enhancing Cambodia’s competitiveness in the logistics sector.

GDCE has so far signed memorandums of understanding with several institutions or companies, such as the Cambodian Electronics and Technology Association (CETA), Chipmong Insee Cement Corporation, and especially the MoU with Cambodia Post on cooperation in exchanging postal package information, aiming to provide further facilitation as well as improve compliance in completing customs clearance procedures.

By Chea Vannak