In the four months of the current financial year, cardamom worth 1 billion 90 million 1133 thousand rupees has been exported. According to the customs department, 12 lakh 6 thousand 250 kg of cardamom was exported in four months.

Compared to the four months of the last financial year, it is less than 250 million 49 million 62 thousand rupees . In the first four months of last year, 2 billion 156 million 95 thousand rupees worth of cardamom was exported. According to the department, 17 lakh 37 thousand 110 kg of cardamom was exported during that period. According to the data of the

department, cardamom based on quantity and price  Despite the decrease in exports, production has also decreased in the last two years, according to the Nepali Cardamom Traders Federation. Nirmal Bhattarai, president of the Federation, said that since cardamom production has decreased by 50 percent, the price has increased after 10 years. "10 years ago, it was 120,000 per maund (40 kilos), this year it has reached 107,000," he said. Now Sardar Pratiman is being sold for 1 lakh 5 thousand rupees . He said that due to the decrease in

production, last year too, the price was Rs 90,000. According to the federation, cardamom production is decreasing due to various reasons such as lack of rain at the right time and rain when it is not needed.