Biratnagar. In the last fiscal year 2077/78, refined soybean oil has become the first to be exported from Biratnagar. Industrialists have stepped up soybean oil exports after India banned refined palm oil from Nepal last year.
According to the Biratnagar Customs Office, 90,310 tonnes of soybean oil worth Rs 15.67 billion was exported in the current fiscal year.
Swastik Oil, Kwality Oil, Pashupati Edible Oil Industries, Baba Oil, Bagmati Oil, Shriram Refinery, and Everest Solvent in Morang and Sunsari have exported more than Rs 15 billion worth of soybean oil.
Synthetic yarn is the second most important export item. Reliance Spinning is the only industry to export synthetic yarn from Biratnagar.
Reliance has exported 21,156 tonnes of yarn worth Rs 5.49 billion. The export of Jute Garment (Hasian Chatti) has also been encouraging. A total of 94.5 million 57 thousand square meters of jute garments worth Rs 4.29 billion has been exported from Biratnagar in the current fiscal year. Similarly, the export of jute bags and sacks has reached 16,593 tonnes equal to 2.41 billion 48 million.
Exports of nylon, polyamide, and polyester fabrics have also increased through Biratnagar. According to the statistics, 157.51 million square meters worth 2 billion 198.4 million such garments have been exported.
Similarly, 8,132 tonnes of noodles, pasta, and noodles worth Rs. Have fallen into the object.
In addition, 2,620 tonnes of refined sunflower oil worth Rs 449.3 million and copper sheets worth Rs 442 million were also exported, according to the customs office.
On the import side, soybean oil has become the most imported oil. According to the Biratnagar Customs Office, 120,000 tonnes of soybean oil worth Rs 14.90 billion was imported in the current fiscal year.
MS billet is the second most imported raw material in terms of price. Last year, 170,142 tons of MS billets worth Rs 10.11 billion were imported.
Imports of plastic utensils, furniture, oven sacks, and bag raw material polythene granules have also been found encouraging. According to the office, 62,902 tonnes of polythene grains worth Rs 9.12 billion were imported in the current fiscal year.
Similarly, the raw material of steel wire and other iron materials, steel wire rod in coil 10 thousand 137 tons of 6 billion 687 million, 6 billion 435 million 645 million 90 thousand pieces of readymade garments and 5 billion 785 million 42 It is estimated that 1,001 metric tonnes of sunflower oil have also been imported.
