As per the records, each kilogram of exported tomatoes was priced at Nrs. 12 which amounts to about 8.036 million Nepali rupees ($60,486.42)
Within two weeks Nepal has exported 6,69,680 kg of tomatoes to India via three border points, according to records at the customs office along the border.
Till 18th of August a total of 6, 69,680 (Six lakhs Sixty-nine thousand and six hundred eighty) kilograms of tomatoes has been exported to India from Nepal as per the records of customs offices at Birgunj, Mechi Customs in Kakarbhitta and Bhairahawa.
The number only includes those exported in large quantities and by paying the official taxes after India resumed import of tomatoes from Nepal starting 4th August. Huge volumes of tomatoes might have been exported to India from Nepal by small businesses and farmers themselves which haven’t been recorded in either of the customs offices.
As per the records, each kilogram of exported tomatoes was priced at Nrs. 12 which amounts to about 8.036 million Nepali rupees ($60,486.42).
The Birgunj customs office had the highest export volume, with 637,680 kilograms of tomatoes passing through out of the three customs points on the border with India.
Mechi Customs in Kakarbhitta exported 25,000 kilograms of tomatoes to India, while Bhairahawa Customs exported 7,000 kilograms.
India began importing tomatoes from Nepal after prices skyrocketed to 200 INR per kilogram. Following the lifting of import embargoes, tomatoes were exported at a price of 10 Nrs per kilogram. By the third week of August, the price had increased twelvefold.
