Bhadrapur (Jhapa), June 23: Export of tea has increased by 40.50 percent in the 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024/25.
According to the Mechi Customs Office, tea worth 3 billion 866 million rupees has been exported until the month of Ashad (Mid-June). During the 11 months of the current fiscal year, 14,463.33 metric tonnes of tea has been exported, as informed by Ishwar Kumar Humagain, the information officer at the Mechi Customs Office.
In the fiscal year 2024/25, tea worth Rs 2 billion 752 million was exported. According to the office’s statistics, cardamom exports have decreased by 3.80 percent until the end of the month of Jestha (Mid-June) in the current fiscal year. In the 11 months of the current fiscal year, cardamom exports worth Rs 7 billion 181 million have been recorded.
In the last fiscal year, cardamom worth Rs. 7 billion 452 million was exported during the same period.
The main exported items include veneer sheets at 67 percent, iron sheets at 9.6 percent, plywood at 11.60 percent, and molasses which saw a 400.50 percent increase in exports, the Office said.
Similarly, export of cement clinker decreased by 12.60 percent, ginger by 59.70 percent, Amriso (broom grass) by 15.2 percent, and Chhurpi (traditional hardened yak cheese) by 7.7 percent. In the current fiscal year’s 11 months, goods worth Rs 23 billion 283 million 556 thousand have been exported through the Mechi customs.
