Birgunj: Goods worth Rs 359 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office in five months of the current fiscal year.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Information Officer of the Birgunj Customs Office, Udaya Singh Bista, reported that the total imports during this year’s review period increased by 17 percent compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. In the first five months of the last fiscal year, the Birgunj Customs Office imported goods worth Rs 306 billion.
Bista highlighted that revenue collection from the Office has also significantly increased following the rise in imports. In the first five months of the current fiscal year, petroleum products worth Rs 72.28 billion and iron and iron goods valued at Rs 31.65 billion were imported.
Additionally, machinery goods and their parts amounting to Rs 24.60 billion and soybean oil worth Rs 22.85 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office during the review period.