Cabbage worth Rs 170 million exported to India

JHAPA, May 4: Cabbage worth over Rs 170 million has been exported to India via the Kakadbhitta border in nine months of the current fiscal year. The cabbage was produced in Dhankuta, Ilam and Jhapa districts.

The information officer at the Plant Quarantine Office of Kakadbhitta, Chandeshwor Thakur, informed that 10,103 metric tonnes of cabbage were exported in nine months. Various other agricultural products are exported to India via the Kakadbhitta border.

However, in the same period, Nepal imported 361 thousand metric tonnes of food grains and other agro products which is worth Rs 9.30 billion.

Cardamom, tea, plywood, and ginger are the top exports from Nepal. Similarly, vegetables, fruits, soybean and potato are imported maximum from India.