Import of two-wheelers via Birgunj border doubles

Kathmandu: Import of motorcycles via Birgunj, the major transit point in the country, has doubled in the first month of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period last fiscal year. The rise is cent percent. However, the imports of jeeps and cars have decreased by 40 percent.

Birgunj Customs Office’s information officer Raghu Lal Karna said a total of 3,571 motorcycles worth 467.7 million rupees were imported in the month of Shrawan (July-August) during the fiscal year, 2080-81 BS (2023-24) while the figure jumped to 7,150 worth 944.8 million rupees in the first month of the current fiscal year, 2081-82 BS.

As the Office says a total of 127 jeeps and cars amounting to 206 million rupees were imported in July-August of the fiscal year, 2080-81 BS, and the number reduced by 76 in the corresponding month of this fiscal year. The worth of the vehicles was 144.4 million rupees.

As Karna informed, now, the government guarantees 50 percent discounts on imports of petrol-run motorcycles (as parts) meant for assembling them in the country from India and third countries which is the reason for the rising imports of motorcycles.

The revenue collected from the imports was 442.1 million rupees in the first month of the last fiscal year and it rose to 884.4 million rupees in the corresponding month this year.

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