Cardamom Exports Surge at Mechi Customs in First Seven Months of Fiscal Year, While Tea Trade Declines

Jhapa. Cardamom exports from the Mechi Customs Office have shown significant improvement up to the end of Magh in the current fiscal year 2082/83. According to the customs office data, cardamom exports increased by 59.80 percent over the past seven months, reaching a value of NPR 8.612007 billion.

According to Information Officer Ishwar Kumar Humagai, a total of 4,153.15 metric tons of cardamom were exported to India during this period. In contrast, exports during the same period of the previous fiscal year amounted to only NPR 5.388020 billion.

While the cardamom trade is booming, the trade of tea, another major export item for Nepal, has seen a decline. According to the statistics, tea exports decreased by 26.70 percent up to the end of Magh in the current fiscal year. During this period, tea worth only NPR 2.321256 billion was exported, whereas NPR 3.166213 billion worth of tea was exported during the same period last year. 

The customs office stated that plywood exports decreased by 40.90 percent and rhubarb (amriso) exports decreased by 24.90 percent, alongside tea.

The performance of other goods exported through Mechi Customs appears encouraging. During this period, exports of lentils (musuro dal) saw a massive increase of 316.20 percent. Similarly, exports of ginger and dried ginger increased by 101.80 percent, herbs by 92.9 percent, and veneer sheets by 91.10 percent. 

Among other export items, dried yak cheese (chhurpi) increased by 63.30 percent and cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage increased by 36.10 percent. Nepali goods worth a total of NPR 16.031583 billion were exported from Mechi Customs to various countries up to the end of Magh in the current fiscal year.