Birgunj Customs Sees Imports Exceeding NPR 595 Billion in First Seven Months of Fiscal Year

Birgunj. Goods worth NPR 595.46 billion have been imported through the Birgunj customs point during the first seven months of the current fiscal year.

According to the Birgunj Customs Office, imports in the corresponding period of the current fiscal year increased by NPR 58.91 billion, or 11 percent, compared to the first seven months of the last fiscal year. In the first seven months of the last fiscal year, goods worth NPR 536.55 billion were imported through this border point.

Udaya Singh Bista, Information Officer at the Birgunj Customs Office, stated that petroleum products and iron and iron-made goods constitute a significant portion of the imports through this route.

During the first seven months of the current fiscal year, petroleum products worth NPR 123.67 billion were imported via Birgunj, while iron and iron-made goods worth NPR 52.75 billion were imported during the same period. Additionally, machinery parts worth NPR 42.48 billion, crude soybean oil worth NPR 41.20 billion, electric machinery, equipment, and parts worth NPR 30.91 billion, fertilizers worth NPR 28.59 billion, and textiles worth NPR 23.71 billion were imported.