Birgunj: Goods worth Rs 40 billion 345 million and 979 thousand have been exported through Birgunj customs point in the last seven months of the current fiscal year, 2024/25. The export through the border point has more than doubled in the same period of the current fiscal year as compared to the seven months of the last fiscal year.
According to National News Agency Nepal, goods and merchandise worth Rs 17 billion 79 million and 560 thousand were exported to foreign countries through this border point in the seven months of the last fiscal year. Of the 28 small and big customs points in the country, Birgunj customs point accounts for 31.72 per cent of the total exports.
Information Officer at Birgunj Customs Office, Amit Tiwari, stated that the overall export of refined sunflower and soybean oil has increased in the current fiscal year. “Exports have been increasing in an encouraging manner in the current fiscal year as compared to the previous fiscal year,” he said.
Refined soybean oil worth Rs 19.36 billion was exported via Birgunj checkpoint in the seven months of the current fiscal year. Similarly, refined sunflower oil worth Rs 4.63 billion and fruit juice worth Rs 3.96 billion were exported to foreign countries during the period.
According to Birgunj Customs Office, iron and iron products worth Rs 3.1 billion, synthetic yarn worth Rs 1.60 billion, and different types of clothes worth Rs 1.47 billion were exported via the checkpoint. Likewise, raw materials for cattle feed worth Rs 1.22 billion were also exported during the period.