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Importers Hit Hard by Failure to Clear Goods from Kolkata Port

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November 2: Containers delivering goods to Nepal from third countries have been piled up at Kolkata’s harbour in India. Currently, more than 2,500 containers are in queue, waiting for being loaded away from there.

Importers in Nepal have been paying hefty fines to the harbour after failing to clear the containers in time due to problems in transporting them. The transportation of the goods has been affected by various hurdles that have ensued with the Indian Railways used for carrying the goods up to the Nepali border.

Nepal extensively relies on Kolkata port for import and export of goods. Ashok Kumar Temani, coordinator of the road and transportation committee of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said that the problem has been mounting due to the failure to address the issue since years.

According to Temani, the containers have been stuck in Kolkata since a month. After unloading the containers, the shipping companies provide a maximum of 21 days’ time to clear the goods. However, the goods get stuck for a month at the harbor itself, say the entrepreneurs.

“We have been facing such problems as our government is not serious about this issue,” said Temani.

“Importers have been forced to pay a fine of up to Rs 300,000 for a single container,” he added. 

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