Brick prices in Cambodia have risen sharply in the last year, a trend that has accelerated over the first two months of this year due to growing demand from the rapidly developing coastal town of Sihanoukville.

The price of 10,000 bricks hovered around $180 early last year, but that price has more than doubled and now stands closer to $400 according to Chheang Suyheang, the president of two brick kiln associations representing more than 100 factories in Kandal province.

“The demand for bricks this year is increasing strongly compared to years before, and especially there are many buyers from Preah Sihanouk province,” he said.

While he declined to give the number of bricks his member factories had sold, he noted that it was becoming difficult to meet demand.http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/brick-prices-climb-towering-highs-demand-sihanoukville