World News | Beijing closes Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point, overland trade between Nepal and China disrupted

Kathmandu [Nepal]Jan 21 (ANI): Nepal’s trade with China via land route has been disrupted again as Beijing closed the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point until Feb 3, EPardafas reported.

Beijing closed its borders to celebrate the New Year, which will be celebrated from Jan. 22 until Feb. 5. Less than a month after Beijing eased restrictions, one of the main trade routes between Nepal and China closed at the border point after three years.

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On December 28, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, China announced the opening of the two-way trade border between the two countries. China reopened two-way trade at the Rasuwagdi-Geirung port on January 8, EPardafas reported. Narayan Prasad Bhandari, director general of the Rasuva Customs Department, said 39 containers carrying goods worth Rs 6 crore were exported from Nepal to China within a month, according to news reports. Bhandari highlighted that 14 containers are shipped from China to Nepal every day.

Narayan Prasad Bhandari was quoted by EPardafas as saying: “So far, 39 containers carrying goods worth about Rs 6 crore have been exported from Nepal to China.”

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“Every day 14 containers are being shipped from China to Nepal and these containers have also been closed,” he added.

According to news reports, the Nepal earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected trade between China and Nepal. According to EPardafas, the border between Nepal and China has been opened, but the trade between the two countries has not yet returned to normal, and business has still not made progress.

According to the EPardafas report, Nepal imports ready-made garments, footwear, apples, motor batteries and plastic products. Nepal exports bamboo stools, wheat, ghee, noodles, pasta, biscuits, fruit juice, jam, glutinous rice, carpets, sugar, Nepalese pig plum sugar, chocolate, chewing gum and other products to China. (Arnie)

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