Petroleum products worth Rs 65bn imported

BIRGUNJ: The import of petroleum products via the Birgunj transit point has significantly increased this year compared to the previous year. The import during the first six months of the current fiscal year is more by 1007,690 litres of petroleum products worth Rs 33.48 billion than the corresponding period last year. The transit recorded the import of 700,835 litres of petroleum products — diesel, petrol, kerosene and aviation turbine fuel — worth Rs 31.89 billion in the first six months of last fiscal year 2020/21 and the amount jumped to Rs 65.37 billion in the current fiscal year. The import is an increase by 144% while the price of imported fuel has also recorded a rise by 144%. It may however be noted that the import of fuel had been impacted due to the coronavirus pandemic last year, with the industry, trade, transport and development construction sector bearing the brunt of it. As this year, these sectors did not suffer much of an impact, the import has thereby increased, said Information Officer at the Birgunj Customs Office Sumit Gupta. By RSS READ ALSO:

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