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98% Mobile Phones Imported from China

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98% Mobile Phones Imported from China
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December 7: Nepali market is observing a huge influx of mobile phones from China. According to a Trade and Export Promotion Center (TEPC) data, 98 per cent of the mobile handsets are exported from China while the remaining 2.18 phones come from other countries. As per the stastistics, mobile phones worth Rs 13.92 billion were imported from China in FY2015/16 out of the total import of Rs 14.23 billion. Last FY saw 4.5 million mobile sets enter the country. According to Amit Agrawal, General Secretary the newly formed Mobile Phone Importers Association, the inflow is due to the fact that most of the major global and regional mobile manufacturers produce their products in China “Most of the iPhones and Android phones are produced in China,” he says, adding, “Brands such as Apple and Samsung are manufacturing their handsets there. Beside this, the market presence of Chinese brands has also increased sharply.”  

According to the statistics, India is the second largest country to export mobile phones in Nepal after China. In FY2015/16, mobile phones of Rs 266.1 million were imported from India accounting 1.86 per cent of the total import. Meanwhile, Nepal also imports mobile phones from Hong Kong, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. The TEPC statistics shows that Nepal imports cellular devices from 66 different countries.

The demand of mobile phones in Nepal has skyrocketed with the expansion of the mobile service networks in the recent years. According to a Nepal Telecommunications Authority data, 30.3 million SIM cards have been distributed throughout the country by mid-August 2016. On the basis of the Population Census conducted in 2068 BS, the SIM distribution data is 13.46 per cent higher than the total population. 

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