Imports from India amount to 434 billion, exports 87 billion through Birgunj customs

Birgunj (Parsa), July 1: Goods worth Rs 434 billion 260 million have entered Nepal through the Birgunj border from the neighboring country India in the last 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024/25.

It is said that 76.80 percent of the total imports through this customs checkpoint are goods imported from India. According to Deepak Lamichhane, the Chief Customs Administrator of the Birgunj Customs Office, the majority of imports and exports through this border are with the neighbouring country, India. Argentina comes in second place after India in terms of imports through this checkpoint.

Many goods and commodities are imported from Argentina. In the current fiscal year, goods and commodities worth Rs 46.74 billion have been imported from Argentina. The share of goods imported from that country is 8.27 percent. Similarly, goods worth Rs 28.86 billion have been imported from the northern neighbour, China, during the same period. The share of imports from China is 1.22 percent.

In the 11 months of the current fiscal year, goods and products worth Rs 565 billion 420 million have been imported from 50 countries at the Birgunj border. Similarly, goods and items worth Rs 91 billion 510 million have been exported to foreign countries through the Birgunj border in the last 11 months of the current fiscal year. During this period goods and items worth Rs. 86 billion 970 million have been exported to India through this border.

This volume of export to India comprises 95.05 percent of the total export trade volume through Birgunj customs. America comes in second place in terms of the volume of exports through these customs during the same period. Goods and products worth Rs 2.18 billion have been exported to America, which is 2.38 percent of total exports.

Similarly, goods worth Rs 680 million have also been exported to Afghanistan through this border customs checkpoint during the same period.