Nepal imports paddy worth over Rs 12bn in first seven months of current FY 

KATHMANDU: Nepal imported paddy worth over Rs 12 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2021/22. A total of 426,357,810 kilogrammes (kg) of paddy was imported during this period. Similarly, the country imported various species of paddy seedlings worth Rs 30 million from India and seedlings worth over Rs 14,000 from Bangladesh during the same period. The import of paddy and paddy seedling and rice has been spiking for some years, shows the statistics of the Department of Customs. Paddy weighing over 420 million kilogrammes were procured from India in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, according to the Department of Customs. By RSS READ ALSO:

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