Hun Sen, the president of Cambodia’s Senate, is urging Cambodians to resume using PTT fuel stations, saying the company has changed its fuel imports from Thailand to Singapore.

Speaking at the opening of the 33rd General Assembly of Monks, Hun Sen said that although PTT is a Thai company, it no longer imports fuel from Thailand for its operations inside Cambodia. He said Cambodians can therefore use the stations as normal. He added that other Thai-linked companies operating in Cambodia, such as CP and Khmer Cement K Cement, should also be treated as ordinary businesses because their products are made inside Cambodia.

Hun Sen said that if goods are produced in Cambodia, they are Cambodian products, regardless of the nationality of the company or investors behind them.

He noted that he has always opposed proposals from within Cambodia to reopen the land border with Thailand for easier imports, but said that boycotting Cambodian-made products simply because the parent company is Thai would be unreasonable. He warned that refusing to use goods produced by Thai-owned companies inside Cambodia would effectively harm Cambodia’s own economy.

On November 14, Kun Nhim, director general of Cambodia’s General Department of Customs and Excise, rejected public calls to ban all Thai imports. He said only four strategic categories remain restricted under government orders.

Commenting on the broader dispute, development researcher Meas Nee recently said that although armed conflict along the Cambodia-Thailand border has stopped, economic tensions are rising. He warned that a Cambodian boycott of Thai goods could lead to a Thai boycott of Cambodian products, fuelling an economic standoff with no clear end.

On July 16, 2025, Cambodia’s customs authority banned the import of vegetables, fruit, fuel, and gas from Thailand. Hun Sen also announced a halt to the import of strategic goods, including electricity, internet services, fuel, and gas, along with a suspension of Thai film broadcasts.