April 30, Bhadrapur (Jhapa) – Cardamom exports through the Mechi Customs Office have increased by 41.58 percent up to the end of Chaitra in the current fiscal year 2082/83. According to customs data, cardamom exports during this period totaled NPR 1,070,718,000. Over the nine months of the current fiscal year, 5,295 metric tons of cardamom were exported, informed Information Officer Ishwarkumar Humagain of the Mechi Customs Office. In comparison, cardamom exports were valued at NPR 825,126,100 in the same period of the previous fiscal year 2081/82.
Meanwhile, tea exports have declined by 26.73 percent in the same nine-month period of the current fiscal year, according to customs statistics. Tea exports amounted to NPR 258,198,500, down from NPR 327,207,200 reported during the corresponding period last year, Information Officer Humagain said. The customs office also reported increases in the export of key commodities: veneer sheets rose by 30.88 percent, chhurpi by 30.35 percent, plywood by 37.73 percent, amriso by 37.33 percent, and exports of iron sheets surged by 1,747.81 percent. Molasses exports also saw a significant rise of 361.35 percent. However, cement clinker exports have completely ceased, registering a 100 percent decline. Overall, goods worth NPR 1,943,535,200 were exported through Mechi Customs up to the end of Chaitra in fiscal year 2082/83.
