STC begins supplying sugar to retailors

The Salt Trading Corporation has started distributing up to 10 sacks of sugar each to retail traders for sale and distribution for the Tihar festival. After the consumers experienced an acute shortage of sugar on the eve of the Tihar festival, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers took the initiative and arranged for the distribution of sugar through STC by collecting it from the sugar-producing industries.

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​​Govt allows STC and FMTC to import sugar on duty waiver

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The government has allowed the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and Food Management & Trading Company to import 30,000 metric tons of sugar with 50 percent customs duty waiver so as to avoid shortage of sugar in view of the upcoming festivals.

​​Govt allows STC and FMTC to import sugar on duty waiver

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The government has allowed the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and Food Management & Trading Company to import 30,000 metric tons of sugar with 50 percent customs duty waiver so as to avoid shortage of sugar in view of the upcoming festivals.

Govt grants 50 percent customs duty waiver for sugar imports to STC and FMTC

KATHMANDU: The government has authorized the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and the Food Management & Trade Company (FMTC) to import 30,000 metric tons of sugar with a 50 percent customs duty waiver to address potential shortages ahead of the upcoming festivals. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung announced that a decision has […]

Stc And Fmtc Allowed To Import Sugar On Duty Waiver

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 10: The government has allowed the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and the Food Management & Trade Company (FMTC) to import 30,000 metric tons of sugar with a 50 percent customs duty waiver to prevent a shortage of sugar during the upcoming festivals. Minister for Communications and …

Stc And Fmtc Allowed To Import Sugar On Duty Waiver

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 10: The government has allowed the Salt Trading Corporation (STC) and the Food Management & Trade Company (FMTC) to import 30,000 metric tons of sugar with a 50 percent customs duty waiver to prevent a shortage of sugar during the upcoming festivals. Minister for Communications and …

Govt unlikely to sell sugar at reduced rates during festivals

Consumers will not be able to get sugar at a concessional rate from the fair price shops to be operated by the public enterprises during the festivals this year. There is a very slim chance to sell sugar through the fair price shops this year as there is no stock of sugar with the public enterprise - Salt Trading Corporation, said an official. "The STC has no stock of sugar. And the government has not allowed STC to import sugar with a customs subsidy. So, it is not possible to sell sugar through the fair price shops this year," Urmila KC, undersecretary and deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).

STC importing 20,000 tons of sugar for festivals

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Salt Trading Corporation (STC) has started the process of importing 20,000 tons of sugar targeting to ease the supply of the sweetener during the upcoming festivals.