PARSA, July 1: In the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (FY), goods worth Rs 434.26 billion entered Nepal through the Birgunj customs point via neighboring India. Of the total imports through this checkpoint, 76.80 percent consisted of goods imported from India.
According to Deepak Lamichhane, Chief Customs Officer at Birgunj Customs Office, the majority of Nepal’s import and export activities through this point are with India, making it the country most closely linked with Nepal’s foreign trade through Birgunj.
After India, Argentina stands as the second-largest source country in terms of import value through this checkpoint. During the same 11-month period, Nepal imported goods worth Rs 46.74 billion from Argentina, accounting for 8.27 per cent of its total imports via Birgunj.
Birgunj Customs collects Rs 236.31 billion as revenue
Meanwhile, imports from neighboring China during the same period amounted to Rs 28.86 billion, making up 1.22 percent of the total.
Altogether, Birgunj customs recorded imports worth Rs 565.42 billion from 50 countries in the first 11 months of the current FY.
Likewise, Nepal exported goods worth Rs 91.51 billion through the Birgunj customs point during the same period. Of this, Rs 86.97 billion worth of goods were exported to India, which accounts for 95.05 percent of total exports through this point.
The United States emerged as the second-largest export destination, receiving goods worth Rs 2.18 billion—2.38 percent of total exports via Birgunj.
Additionally, goods worth Rs 680 million were exported to Afghanistan during the same period through this checkpoint.
