. The plastic industries operating in Banke district have been decreasing production due to lack of raw materials.
Kamal TAG_OPEN_div_18 Karki, managing director of Star Polypipe Industry and associate member of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry and managing director of Star Polypipe Industry, said that due to the escalation of tension in the Middle East Asia, the production has decreased due to the shortage of raw materials required for the industries. According to him, entrepreneurs have been facing problems due to the decrease in import of raw materials.
The price of raw materials in the international market has increased by 40 percent.TAG_OPEN_div_16 The supply of raw materials imported by Nepali industries has not been able to meet the demand. Currently, there is a shortage of plastic granules, the raw material used in the plastic industry.
} The crisis in the plastic and packaging industries has deepened due to the lack of plastic feed after the import of raw materials was halted due to the tension in the Middle East. According to Karki, the production of water bottles, bottle bottles, pipes used in the construction of drinking water and buildings, helmet companies of motorcycles, plastic chairs, packaging plastics, cartoons and other materials has been affected.
} “Our production is decreasing due to lack of raw materials,” he said. Industrialist Karki said that production has also decreased with the halt in the import of raw materials. With the decrease in production, there is a problem in the operation of the industry. Raw materials related to petrochemicals are imported to Nepal from third countries via India. Chiranjivi Oli, senior vice-president of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the industries in Nepalgunj are facing crisis after India tightened the export limit to prevent shortage in its own market.
According to him, the shortage of petrochemical-related raw materials has not only affected the production of plastic products but also the production of daily consumables.TAG_OPEN_div_10 If the international situation continues, the impact will be deeper.
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