The volume of Chinese goods imported through Rasuwagadhi transit point on the Nepal-China border has increased this year compared to the previous one.
Only 14 containers carrying various imported goods used to pass through this transit point every day after Covid 19 pandemic subsided. These days as many as 21 such containers are transiting through this checkpoint on a daily basis, the Rasuwa Customs Office said. Hundreds of containers crossed the border daily to the Chinese towns Keyrong and Pangsing to bring the imported goods.
Nowadays, the Chinese side has started transporting the goods up to Rasuwagadhi. Before this, movement of people and goods through the ‘Nepal-China friendship bridge’ here was suspended after the outbreak of Covid 19.
It is said the imported goods are brought up to the transit point by Chinese trailers from the production company itself and various transport companies including Musa Transport are involved in this.
The import through Rasuwagadhi transit point resumed on September 15 after a long hiatus. Among the imported goods are mostly readymade garments. It is said that one Chinese container is equivalent to two Nepali containers.
Among the goods imported so far are 119 tippers of readymade garments, 35 tippers of hydroelectricity equipment and four tippers of walnut. However, the apples did not arrive until Saturday.
One hundred fifty-eight big Chinese containers have brought the imported goods up to Rasuwagadhi in the interval of 10 days.
