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Fuel and Vehicles worth Rs 150 Billion Imported through Birgunj Customs

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Fuel and Vehicles worth Rs 150 Billion Imported through Birgunj Customs
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June 27: The imports of Nepal have increased immensely despite the coronavirus pandemic disrupting the overall production and supply chain. According to the import data for the 11 months of the current Fiscal Year (FY 2077/78) at Birgunj, the main customs point of the country, fuel and vehicle imports have increased more during the reveiw period. 

According to the Birgunj Customs Office, fuel and vehicles worth Rs 141.14 billion have been imported between July to May this year.

The country has incurred R. 11 billion more on fuel and vehicle imports this year compared to the review period of the last fiscal year 2076/77. Chief Customs Officer at the Birgunj Customs Office Harihar Poudel said that petroleum products worth Rs 113.75 billion and vehicles worth Rs 27.38 billion have been imported by the end of June this year. According to the customs office, 18 types of vehicles including jeeps, motorcycles, trucks, and buses have been imported through the checkpoint.

Petroleum products worth Rs 107.18 billion and vehicles worth Rs 23.42 billion were imported till May in the previous fiscal year. Fuel and vehicle imports accounted for about 31 percent of the total imports from Birgunj customs as of May this year. During this period, goods worth Rs 458 billion were imported through Birgunj Customs.

The government imposed a lockdown for about six months from March last year to stop the spread of Covid-19. Similarly, the government has issued prohibitory order since April 29 this year. 

Fuel and vehicle imports were expected to decline this year due to the ban. However, the import of vehicles has increased in the last month, said Poudel. Most of the diesel and aviation fuel enter through Birgunj. Poudel informed that most of the diesel comes from the Motihari-Amalekhgunj Petroleum Pipeline.

According to the customs office, 828,000 kiloliters of diesel worth Rs 50.40 billion has arrived through Birgunj in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year. During this period, 284,000 kiloliters of petrol and 122,000 kiloliters of aviation fuel have entered the country. According to the customs office, 15 types of petroleum products have entered Nepal through the Birgunj checkpoint.

 

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