There has been a high import of fuel from Birgunj, the main port, till the end of January of the current financial year. According to the Birganj Customs Office, 1 trillion 4.76 billion rupees have been withdrawn only from the import of diesel, petrol, LPG gas, jet fuel and kerosene.
According to the customs data, it has been seen that the import of all types of fuel has increased during this period. While diesel has been imported through petroleum pipelines, recently petrol and kerosene have also started to be imported through pipelines.
During the review period, 5 lakh 81 thousand 799 kiloliters of diesel worth 51 billion 79 crore rupees have been imported. During the same period last year, 541,120 million rupees worth of 5,19,840 kiloliters of diesel was imported.
In the 7 months of the current year, 255,000 kiloliters of petrol worth 22.14 billion rupees has been imported through this channel. During the same period last year, 226,000 kiloliters of petrol worth 22 billion 40 million rupees were imported.
During the review period of the current year, 182.9 million kilos of LPG worth 20 billion 90 million have been imported. During the same period last year, 159.2 million kilos of LPG worth 16 billion 30 million rupees were imported.
During the review period of the current year, 1 lakh 5 thousand kiloliters of jet fuel worth 9.52 billion rupees have been imported. During the same period last year, 97 thousand 264 kiloliters of aviation fuel worth 10 billion 71 crore rupees were imported.
Similarly, 4,560 kiloliters of kerosene worth 41 crore rupees has been imported. During the same period last year, 3,600 kiloliters of kerosene worth 38 million rupees was imported.
Birgunj port is the country's main port for importing fuel. The revenue collected by Birganj Customs is the largest contributor to the revenue collected from the import of fuel. In the review period of the current year only, the total revenue collected by Birgunj Customs is about 46 percent of the revenue collected from fuel import.
Amit Tiwari, Information Officer of Birganj Customs Office, says that the main reason for the increase in fuel import is the increase in the number of vehicles and the increase in the use of fuel for industrial purposes.
Every year when the big festivals like Dasain and Tihar are approaching, there is a tendency to increase the import of fuel along with other goods and in other months, fuel is imported under normal conditions, he said.
