Entrepreneurs have said that Nepal’s tea industry, which earns five to six billion foreign currency annually, is in a big crisis due to this policy strictness of India.TAG_OPEN_div_43
According to Aditya Parajuli, president of Nepal Tea Producers’ Association, India has issued a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) effective from May 1.TAG_OPEN_div_41 The new provision has added administrative and financial hassles for Nepali exporters.
Earlier, a tea industry could export 10 truckloads of tea to India for 15 days on the basis of the certificate once it passes the laboratory test.TAG_OPEN_div_37 However, as per the new rules, every truck has to send a sample of tea to a laboratory accredited by the Government of India at the time of entry into the Indian border at Panitanki Customs Office.
One has to pay Rs 18,000 per truck sample test and the report will take at least TAG_OPEN_div_35 14 days. The Indian laboratory has to submit the report in the online system within 14 days and if the test fails, the tea will be confiscated without being allowed to sell it in the Indian market or send it to other countries.
“On the one hand, making rules that take exorbitant fees and time to test samples of every truck is intended to create a complete obstruction in export,” Parajuli said, adding, “On the other hand, there is a provision of confiscating tea if the report is unfavorable.”TAG_OPEN_div_33 If this rule is not amended, the door to export Nepali tea to India will be closed forever. ”
India is the main market for Nepali tea.TAG_OPEN_div_31 Entrepreneurs have complained that even the Panitanki Customs Office does not have adequate parking space and infrastructure to safely park the trucks loaded for 10 to 14 days until the laboratory report is received.
The Nepal TAG_OPEN_div_29 Tea Producers Association has demanded that the government of Nepal immediately initiate ‘G2G’ dialogue with the Indian side to remove the obstruction seen in the tea sector. Efforts are underway for this, the association said.
CTC and orthodox tea produced in Nepal are popular for their quality in the world market.TAG_OPEN_div_27 However, the policy hurdles in India, the main market, are threatening the livelihoods of millions of workers, from farmers to big industrialists.
According to the statistics of the National Tea and Coffee Development Board, 26.1 million kilograms of tea was produced in 20,602 hectares of land in the fiscal year 2081/82.TAG_OPEN_div_25 Nepal had exported tea worth Rs 4.59 billion in the fiscal year 2081/82.
There are 170 large tea gardens and 120 small and medium tea gardens in the country.TAG_OPEN_div_23 More than 15,000 small farmers are directly involved in tea production. One lakh workers have been getting direct employment from plantations to industries.
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