Birgunj (Parsa), March 29: Goods worth Rs 66.48 billion have been exported through the Birgunj border customs check point in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
Compared to the same period last fiscal year, exports through this border check point have increased by Rs 9.94 billion during the same period this fiscal year.
Uday Singh Bista, information officer at Birgunj Customs Office, said goods worth Rs 56.54 billion were exported to foreign countries in the seven months of the last fiscal year. According to him, exports through this customs point are improving in the current fiscal year.
In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, processed soybean oil worth Rs 35.58 billion, fruit juice worth Rs 4.97 billion, and processed sunflower oil worth Rs 4.58 billion has been exported through Birgunj, it is stated.
Similarly, refined palm oil worth Rs 3.77 billion, various types of cloth worth Rs 2.33 billion, and synthetic yarn worth Rs 1.58 billion have been exported.
Information Officer Bista said that goods worth Rs 595.46 billion have been imported through Birgunj customs in the first five months of the current fiscal year.
According to the Birgunj Customs Office, goods worth Rs 58.91 billion, that is 11 percent more, were imported in the same period of the current fiscal year compared to the first seven months of the previous fiscal year.
In the first seven months of the previous fiscal year, goods worth Rs 5 billion 365 million and 500 thousand had been imported through this checkpoint.
