Birgunj Customs Sees Significant Rise in Exports Over Seven Months

Birgunj. Goods worth NPR 66.48 billion have been exported through the Birgunj customs point during the first seven months of the current fiscal year.

Compared to the same period last fiscal year, exports through this border point have increased by NPR 9.94 billion in the corresponding period of the current fiscal year. In the first seven months of the last fiscal year, goods and commodities worth NPR 56.54 billion were exported to foreign countries.

Udaya Singh Bista, Information Officer at the Birgunj Customs Office, stated that exports through this point are showing an improving trend in the current fiscal year. Processed soybean oil worth NPR 35.58 billion has been exported through this point in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.

Fruits worth NPR 4.97 billion have been exported. Processed sunflower oil worth NPR 4.58 billion has been exported. Processed palm oil worth NPR 3.77 billion has been exported, and various types of clothes worth NPR 2.33 billion have been exported. Synthetic yarn worth NPR 1.58 billion has been exported.

Goods and commodities worth NPR 595.46 billion were imported through this point in the first five 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 and commodities worth NPR 536.55 billion were imported through this border point.