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Rs 40 bn Spent on Petroleum Products and Vehicles thru Birgunj Customs Point

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Rs 40 bn Spent on Petroleum Products and Vehicles thru Birgunj Customs Point
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January 23: Petroleum products and vehicles worth Rs 39.67 billion have been imported from Birgunj customs point during the first six months of the current FY, as per the statistics of Birgunj Customs Office.

During the period of mid-July to mid-January, Nepal imported petroleum products amounted to Rs 23.73 billion through the customs point. According to the office, 70 per cent of the total import of petroleum products is carried out through the customs point.

Diesel was the prime imported product during the period. The country spent Rs 13.73 billion on 285,109 kiloliters of diesel through the custom point. Similarly, 106,602 kiloliters of petrol worth of Rs 5.02 billion and 83,948,000 kilograms of LP gas worth of Rs 4.76 billion were also imported from the customs point.

"As the price of petroleum products were slashed this year, the figure is apparently low compare to the quantity," said Sewantak Pokharel, Chief of the custom office.

Similarly, vehicles worth of Rs nearly 16 billion has been imported from the customs point as per the statistics. 

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