JHAPA, July 5: The import of agricultural products has exceeded the export from the Kakarbhitta Customs Office. In the last 11 months of the current fiscal year, agricultural products worth Rs 8.67 billion were imported from this customs office.
According to the annual data for 2021/22 released by the Department of Customs, the ratio between imports to export narrowed down to 9.60 in FY 2021/22 from 10.91 recorded in FY 2020/21.
The statistics revealed that export in the last 11 months of the current FY stood at Rs. 121.2 billion while it was about Rs. 88 billion in the same period of the previous FY.