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Carpet Export Increases Despite Production Problems

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The export of woollen carpet increased 16.5 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period of the last year indicating rvivial in the industry.
 
According to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre, 423,481 square metres of carpet worth Rs 2.37 billion was exported to different countries in the six months that ended on mid-January 2011. During the same period last year, the value of carpet export was Rs 2.03 billion.
 
Anup Bahadur Malla, the promoter of Kangri Carpet said the demand for Nepali carpet is growing in the international market. “We have not been able to supply enough to meet the growing demand,” he added. He revealed that though the market is growing, the industries in Nepal have failed to respond accordingly due to the power crisis and labour problems.
 
“Though we have demand, there are no skilled labours to produce carpet,” he lamented. He added that the price of Nepali carpets have not increased despite the rise in demand. Nepali carpets compete with the Indian carpets which are 40 per cent cheaper. But Malla claimed that the quality of Nepali carpet is much better.
 

Surendra Dhakal, the Advisor of the Carpet Exporter’s Association has however cautioned that though the export had increased in the first six months it has started declining after December.

 

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