Vegetables, and fruits worth Rs. 6.29 billion imported via Kakarbhitta

Kathmandu: Nepal imported vegetables and fruits worth Rs 6.29 billion through the eastern checkpoint, Kakarbhitta, in one year.

Information Officer at Plant Quarantine Office, Kakarbhitta, Chandra Kishor Thakur, said fresh vegetable worth Rs. 3.35 billion and fruits worth Rs. 2.94 billion were imported via Kakarbhitta in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS. According to the Office, 25,312 metric tonnes of onion worth Rs. 809.9 million, 38,010 metric tonnes of tomato worth Rs 608.1 million, and 19,988 metric tonnes of bitter gourd worth Rs. 319.8 million were imported during the last fiscal year.

Especially, onion, tomato, and bitter gourd are imported from India. Similarly, Nepal imported 617 metric tonnes of apple worth Rs. 685.8 million and 15,531 metric tonnes of pineapple worth Rs. 621.2 million in one year.

Adhikari mentioned that 7,718 metric tonnes of orange worth Rs 370.4 million, 3,072 metric tonnes of grapes worth Rs. 196.6 million, and 2,763 metric tonnes of pomegranate worth Rs. 264.8 million were brought to Nepal via the eastern checkpoint in the last fiscal year.

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