With 14,534 electric vehicles already on the road as of February 2026, Cambodia is doubling down on its green transition, with new tax reforms eliminating duties on electric vehicles and parts, as well as other electrical-powered items, from April 1, 2026

Cambodia is accelerating its shift toward renewable energy with imported tax reforms, as the government announced a reduction from seven percent to zero percent for import taxes on nine tariff lines of electric vehicles (EVs), electric rice cookers and solar lamps.

On March 29, the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) announced that the government has issued Sub-Decree No. 52, dated March 26, 2026, on the adjustment of customs duty and import and export tax rates on certain goods amid fuel price hikes.

The statement said, “[The] Government reduces import tax rates from 15 percent to zero percent on electric vehicle motors, solar power systems, lithium batteries such as laptop batteries, aircraft batteries, vehicle batteries, solar batteries and energy storage devices such as power banks, power stations, mobile phone batteries and others.”

It added that for electric stoves, electric kettles, hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and EV passenger and freight vehicles, 179 tax lines will also have import tax cut from 15 to zero percent.

“At the same time, to reduce import tax rates from 35 percent to seven percent on 92 tax lines of PHEV family cars. Reduce import tax rates from 35 percent to zero percent on electric stoves, toasters and EV family cars for 12 tax lines,” it said.

“Reduce the export tax rate from 25 percent to 10 percent on one tax line of bauxite [aluminum ore]. The revised customs duty and export tax rates will take effect from April 1, 2026.”

In a recent announcement, Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rottanak stated, “The Cambodian government has sufficient courage because sectors like electricity must stand firm, meaning that the supply will not be lacking or raised in price.”

Even though Cambodian electricity is under pressure due to rising prices, meaning that the production costs have increased, the nation’s electricity remains the same and does not increase in price, he added.

In a recent interview with Kiripost, Dean Rizzetti, Regional Director - Energy Policy at EnergyLab Asia, said, “The best way to reduce Cambodia's dependency on volatile international fossil fuel markets is to help as many families as possible shift to EVs. These vehicles are powered by Cambodian sun, wind and rain, and are much more efficient and cheaper to run.”

Phan Rim, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works and Transports (MPWT), told Kiripost that as of February 2026, there were 8,322,868 vehicles that had registered with the ministry, among these vehicles, 14,534 are EVs.

He did not specify when MPWT started recording the number of EVs on the road. Regarding the recent announcement to reduce import tax on electricity products, mainly EVs, Rim said, “The number of EVs will continue to increase onward.”