Agricultural produce worth Rs 18 billion exported via Kakarbhitta border transit
According to the information officer of the office, Chandreshwar Thakur, cardamom, tea, ply and veneer, ginger, broom grass (Amliso) are among the main items exported.
KATHMANDU: The Plant Quarantine and Pest Management Centre Quarantine Office Kakarbhitta has shared that agricultural produce worth Rs 17.73 billion has been exported via the Kakarbhitta border point in the eight months of the current fiscal year.
According to the information officer of the office, Chandreshwar Thakur, cardamom, tea, ply and veneer, ginger, broom grass (Amliso) are among the main items exported.
During the eight months, the highest amount of export goods is tea worth Rs 8.20 billion, cardamom worth Rs 5.24 billion, ply and veneer worth Rs 2.73 billion have been exported.
Similarly, according to the office statistics, ginger worth Rs 260 million broom grass worth Rs 760 million, cabbage worth Rs 80 million, herbs worth Rs 40 million lentils worth Rs 40 million have been exported.
According to Information Officer Thakur, agricultural goods worth Rs 2.44 billion have been imported from Eastern border during the same period.
The main crops are maize, wheat, barley, oats, rye, barley, hemp and potatoes.
According to the data shared by the Quarantine Office, millet worth Rs 131 million, rice Rs 49 million and fresh vegetables worth Rs 288 million have been imported.
Similarly, fresh fruits worth Rs 263 million, garlic worth Rs 644 million and 600 thousand and potatoes worth Rs 37 million.
