Kakadbhitta: Altogether 4.29 million plus kilograms of cardamom worth Rs 7.67 billion was exported from the Kakadbhitta customs point in Jhapa district in the Fiscal Year 2081/82 BS, the customs office shared. Cardamom export earnings totaled Rs 7.67 billion – the highest amount received from among the exported goods from the Kakadbhitta customs point in the year.
According to National News Agency Nepal, cardamom is a high-value product produced in the districts of the eastern hills Ilam, Panchthar, Taplejung, Tehrathum, Dhankuta, Sankhuwasabha, and Bhojpur. The cardamom produced in the hilly districts of the Koshi Province is exported to India via Kakadbhitta customs point after being processed.
Information Officer of the customs point in Kakadbhitta, Ishwar Kumar Humagain, shared that iron plate, tea, plywood, and Chhuri are the major exports followed by cardamom. He said that iron plate worth Rs 4.42 billion and tea worth Rs 4.21 billion were exported last fiscal year from Kakadbhitta. According to Humagain, exports of tea increased by 32.5 percent in the last fiscal year compared to the previous year.
Tea, cardamom, and ginger are the key cash crops produced in the hilly districts of the Koshi Province. Likewise, a large volume of plywood was exported in the last fiscal making it one of the top exportable goods from Nepal. Plywood worth Rs 3.32 billion was exported from Kakadbhitta customs point.