JHAPA: Nepal exported cash crop such as black cardamom, tea, ginger, and ambrosia worth Rs 15.33 billion to India from Kakadbhitta, the eastern checkpoint of the country, in the fiscal year FY 2023/24. During this period, agricultural goods worth Rs 18.95 billion were exported to India.

Information Officer of the Kakadbhitta-based Quarantine Office, Chandreshwar Yadav, reported that organic tea worth Rs 6.98 billion was exported to India from Kakadbhitta during the review period. Cardamom, tea, ginger, and amriso were the most exported items through this checkpoint. In the same period, 11,648 metric tonnes of tea were exported.

In FY 2023/24, 4,510 metric tonnes of cardamom worth Rs 6.052 billion were exported to India. According to Information Officer Yadav, during the same period, 4,545 metric tonnes of ambrosia worth Rs 1.24 billion were also exported to India.

Ginger produced in the hills and plains is one of the agricultural products exported in large quantities. Information Officer Yadav informed that ginger worth Rs 580 million was exported from Kakadbhitta during the review period.