Kathmandu. Rasuwa Customs Office has collected Rs 13.64 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year 2082/83. Last year, the flooded Lhende River swept away the Miteri Bridge linking Nepal and China, halting the public movement for a long time, which resulted in the collection of only one-third of the target, according to Chief Customs Officer Rajendra Dhungana.
According to him, the government had set a target of collecting Rs 40 billion revenue last year but could not collect revenue as per the target after the import and export of salmon from both sides came to a standstill following the collapse of the Miteri Bridge.TAG_OPEN_div_22 He said the government has set a target to collect Rs 25.5 billion revenue from the trade point in the current fiscal year.
In the fiscal year 2082/83, goods worth Rs 4 TAG_OPEN_div_20 3.73 billion had entered Nepal through this trade point. Similarly, in the previous fiscal year 2081/82, goods worth Rs 85.23 billion were imported.
Daily consumables, readymade garments, electrical appliances, equipment of hydropower projects, electric vehicles and other industrial goods enter Nepal through this border point from Kerung city of Tibet Autonomous Region of China.TAG_OPEN_div_18
According to the Rasuwa Customs Office, Timure, a variety of goods including rolls, clothes, readymade clothes, shoes, thermos, children’s toys, ginger, garlic, grapes, walnuts, apples, cookers, electric vehicles and children’s clothes enter Nepal through this checkpoint.TAG_OPEN_div_16
According to Karbir Gaire, information officer at the Customs Office, although there is uncertainty about when and where the road network will be disrupted due to natural disasters, the government has set a target of collecting Rs 25.5 billion revenue for the current fiscal year.TAG_OPEN_div_14
The Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company had earlier worked to remove the obstruction during the rainy season but the Miteri bridge was washed away.TAG_OPEN_div_12 It is expected that the road section would not be disrupted for long as a Bailey bridge has also been constructed at the Rasuwagadhi checkpoint and the Chinese company is on deployment with equipment for road improvement this year.
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