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Over the period 2022-2024, the road freight transport industry is expected to enjoy growth rates that will average 3-5% per year. The industry will benefit from growth in manufacturing and trade, and from the increase in public-sector spending on infrastructure construction and the likely expansion in agricultural outputs. Beyond this, players will also gain from the ongoing strengthening of border/cross-border trade and the continuing rise in the popularity of e-commerce.

Over the past few years, Chinese players have been investing in cash crops and basic processing facilities in countries in the region, including Cambodia (rubber, acacia, cassava and sugarcane), Lao PDR (rubber, sugarcane, corn for animal feed, bananas, cassava, teak and eucalyptus, with most investments being made in the north of the country in areas close to the Chinese border) and Myanmar (rubber, cassava, sugarcane, bananas and watermelons). Source: Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Meanwhile, the volume of exports in 2025-2026 is expected to increase, primarily due to growing demand for cassava chips from China to compensate for dwindling corn stocks,

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