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    Nepal's agricultural imports more than double in seven years

    • Last Update: 2022-08-16
    • Source: Internet
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    "Republic" reported on July 28: Nepal imported agricultural products worth 376 billion rupees in the 2021/22 fiscal year , an increase of 55 billion rupees from the import bill in the previous fiscal ye.
     
    According to the statistics of the customs department, the import cost of agricultural products in Nepal is increasing year by ye.
    Rs 32,366 crore of agricultural products were imported in FY 2020/21; Rs 24,300 crore worth of agricultural products were imported in FY 2019/20, an increase of 48% over the cost of FY 2018/19; 150 billion rupe.
     
    The food import bill stood at Rs 7,428 crore in the last fisc.
    Among them, imported rice was 457 billion rupees and corn was 165 billion rupe.
    The import bill for vegetables was Rs 3,654 crore and about Rs 2,500 crore for fru.
    Rs 904 crore for tea and coffee and Rs 215 crore for dairy produc.
     
    The import bill for agricultural products accounted for 171% of total imports in FY 2021/2 Meanwhile, agricultural products worth Rs 12,551 crore were exported, accounting for 63% of export earnin.
    imported agricultural products
     
    According to the statistics of the customs department, the import cost of agricultural products in Nepal is increasing year by ye.
    Rs 32,366 crore of agricultural products were imported in FY 2020/21; Rs 24,300 crore worth of agricultural products were imported in FY 2019/20, an increase of 48% over the cost of FY 2018/19; 150 billion rupe.
     
    The food import bill stood at Rs 7,428 crore in the last fisc.
    Among them, imported rice was 457 billion rupees and corn was 165 billion rupe.
    The import bill for vegetables was Rs 3,654 crore and about Rs 2,500 crore for fru.
    Rs 904 crore for tea and coffee and Rs 215 crore for dairy produc.
     
    The import bill for agricultural products accounted for 171% of total imports in FY 2021/2 Meanwhile, agricultural products worth Rs 12,551 crore were exported, accounting for 63% of export earnin.
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