Customs assessment of Chinese materials imported from Rasuwagadhi in the northern part of Nepal is being done rapidly. In order to ensure that fruits such as apples, walnuts, kiwi fruit, and apples imported for Tihar reach the market as soon as possible, the customs administration has moved forward to inspect all such materials on the day they are imported.
According to Chief Customs Officer, Narayan Prasad Bhandari, adequate checks have been deployed to test imported materials from China and maintain customs duties as per rules, and perishable items including fruits are being tested on the highway and other materials are being tested quickly from their own compound located along the river. According to the security personnel of the border area, 19 tips of walnuts, 30 tips of apples, 4 tips of kiwifruit and 4 tips of kiwi were imported from Rasuwagadhi checkpoint from last October 25 to October 5, focusing on Tihar.
Local residents have said that the investments made by Nepali businessmen to ease the demand and supply of apples, which are offered as offerings and are considered important for the consumption of sick people, are becoming beneficial to the common consumers. According to the customs officials, when arriving at Rasuwagadhi, the price of mushroom apples is 75 rupees per kg and other varieties of apples are 55 rupees per kg. It is said that the customs duty of fruits like apples is charged only per truck. In the rainy season, the roads are blocked and the apples kept in air-tight containers have to be left on the road for five to seven days due to rotting and damage.
Customs officer Resham Khadka said that based on the demand of the Nepalese market, traders import fruits as well as various ready-made clothes for women, men and children through the Rasuwagadhi border. According to the information provided by the Rasuwa Customs Office in Timure, businessman Dharma Paudel informed that dozens of ready-made clothes such as jackets, gloves, hats, tousers, pants, shorts for men and bras, panties, t-shirts, suits for women, baby sets for children were imported. According to him, taking into account the consumer’s needs, consumption estimates, and the price situation, the Nepali business firms that have permission to import are requesting materials from Chinese manufacturing companies. Similarly, from July to the end of October of the current financial year, according to the evaluation so far, a total of Rs.
Bharatraj Adhikari, Information Officer of the Customs Office informed that more than 150 electric vehicles bought by businessmen are yet to be cleared and the revenue from those vehicles will be filed only after passing the inspection. Due to the absence of importers to pay the revenue, dozers, cars, school buses and other vehicles have been kept in the customs hands. Chief Customs Officer Bhandari mentioned that a total of Rs. Border Police Chief Gambhirjang Thapa said that all the materials that were stopped at various places from Timure to Rasuwagadhi were being monitored and protected by the security forces including Timure.
Various materials have entered Nepal from 848 containers since July. All the truck and container businessmen who were in economic recession due to corona infection in the past are now operational. Among the imported materials, it is said that apples, walnuts, ready-made clothes, hydro power equipment and vehicle parts, medical materials, as well as rice were imported through two large Chinese containers.
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