Import of agricultural products worth Rs 24.25 billion from eastern border point, rice worth Rs 242.3 million from India and millet worth Rs 190 million

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७ भाद्र २०८३, आईतवार १०:१९August 23, 2026

. Agricultural products worth Rs 24 billion were imported from Kakarvitta border point in the last fiscal year.

According to Nanda Kishor Singh, chief of the Plant Quarantine Office, Kakarvitta, in the fiscal year 2082/83, agricultural products worth Rs 24.26 billion were imported from India, China, Australia and Bangladesh.TAG_OPEN_div_19

He said that the largest share of imported agricultural commodities is food grains and pulses.TAG_OPEN_div_17 Rice worth Rs 24.23 crore and millet worth Rs 18.83 crore was imported from India.

Similarly, 1,996 metric tonnes of gram worth Rs 182.7 million and 796 metric tonnes of lentils worth Rs 108.88 million were imported from Australia, according to the office’s data.TAG_OPEN_div_15

Similarly, tomatoes, cucumber, chillies and beans have been imported from India.TAG_OPEN_div_13 Imports of lamb amounting to Rs 143.96 million, cucumber worth Rs 79.64 million and chilli worth Rs 32.4 million were imported in the first fiscal year.

Apples, pineapples, watermelons and pears are mainly imported from India and China.TAG_OPEN_div_11 According to the Plant Quarantine Office, apples worth Rs 295.97 million were imported from India and China while watermelon worth Rs 14 crore 24 lakh 81 thousand was imported from India.