Mustang. Goods worth Rs 11.01 billion were exported and imported from Mustang Customs Office at Korala checkpoint.

Ramesh Khadka, chief of the Mustang Customs Office, said that the goods were exported and imported from the Nepal-China Korala border point till December 23.

According to him, goods worth Rs 10.82 billion have entered Nepal from China through Korala border point since the Korala checkpoint came into full operation.

Customs chief Khadka said that goods including handicrafts worth Rs 18 crore 97 lakh 78 thousand were examined at the Nepal Customs Office and exported to China.

A total of 2,074 electric vehicles have entered Nepal through Korala border point so far. According to him, more Chinese electric vehicles are entering Nepal through Korala border point from Sunday.

According to the customs, BYD has been importing more than five hundred electric vehicles from China through Korala border this month. More than 300 electric vehicles of the company have already cleared the customs and have already left for their destinations, said Khadka.

Khadka said that Rs 5.06 billion has been collected from the export and imported goods and electric vehicles after passing the customs clearance from the Mustang Customs Office.

With the increasing use of electric cars in the Nepali market, various companies in Nepal have been importing electric vehicles made in China through Korala border point of late. The demand for electric vehicles has increased in Nepal as the government has provided customs duty concession to such vehicles as they are useful in saving fuel and reducing carbon emissions.

The movement and performance of the customs office at Korala border point has become dynamic with the entry of electric vehicles from China through Korala border point even in inclement weather of winter. Located at an altitude of 4,610 meters, the temperature in the morning and evening is minus 20 degrees. Electric vehicles are entering Nepal through Korala border point despite adverse weather.

Drivers have started ferrying electric vehicles to Jomsom and from Jomsom to Pokhara. In this way, electric vehicles coming out of Mustang are transported by another driver group from Pokhara to the showroom of the concerned company.

Before that, the drivers who have passed the local border from the Chinese customs point use the electric vehicles entering Nepal through the Korala border point. Although it was expected that the Korala border point would be closed due to bad weather, the import÷export between the two countries has been picked up through the Korala border point due to the influx of goods and electric vehicles from the Chinese side.

The charging stations operated along the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road section are busy with the entry of electric vehicles through the border point. Although the people of Upper Mustang have come down to the valley in the winter season, the import÷export transaction at Korala border point has not decreased. Customs chief Khadka said that apart from the electric vehicles, 10÷12 cargo containers are being exported÷ and imported to Nepal and China on a daily basis.