KATHMANDU: The Mechi Customs Office has reported a significant increase in tea exports, rising by 69.22 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
During the first four months (Shrawan-Kartik), a total of 8,062.16 metric tons of tea were exported.
Ganapati Kandel, Information Officer at the Office, noted that the increase in exports also led to a 67.87 percent rise in the value of the tea, which amounted to Rs 2.20 billion, up from Rs 1.31 billion during the same period last year.
Conversely, exports of black cardamom, ginger, amriso, chhurpi, cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli saw declines.
Specifically, black cardamom exports decreased by 11.87 percent, amriso by 11.66 percent, chhurpi by 41.45 percent, and exports of cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli each dropped by 27.98 percent.
In contrast, plywood exports increased by 29.63 percent. Additionally, the Office generated Rs 4.72 billion in revenue during the first four months of the current fiscal year, achieving 27.22 percent of its total annual revenue target.
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