The Mustang Customs Office, which was fully operational on August 31, has collected the said revenue till Tuesday morning.
Nhechung Customs Office located in Nepal-China North Korlana has collected revenue of Rs.2 billion two crore 96 lakh 29 thousand rupees in two weeks. The Mustang customs office at Korla checkpoint here, which was fully operational on August 31, collected the revenue till Tuesday morning.
This is the first time in the history of the customs office that such a large proportion of revenue has been collected. It has been seen that the daily average customs revenue is Rs. Earlier, the revenue of household goods imported by the citizens of Upper Mustang who crossed the border every year was limited to Rs 10 to 15 lakh by the customs office here. This time, due to floods and river erosion, the Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani crossings were blocked, so the import of goods and electric vehicles through this crossing is increasing.
After the Korla border crossing, which was operated only for local citizens, was fully operationalized by the customs department, the business activity at the Korla crossing has also increased rapidly. Ramesh Khadka, the head of the customs office informed that 965 out of 1,109 electric vehicles that entered the customs office from China through Korla pass have passed the customs inspection. According to Khadka, the head of customs, 144 electric vehicles are yet to undergo customs inspection at the customs office in Nhechung.
Similarly, customs chief Khadka mentioned that out of the 375 freight containers that were imported from Korla, all of them passed the customs inspection and left for their destination. The employees of the customs office here have already left for home on Dasain holiday.
Deputy of Customs Subba Uttam Rai informed that the public holiday of Dasai is till the 18th of October i.e. the full moon and since it takes two days to return to the workplace after celebrating Dasai, it is possible that the regular operations of the customs will resume from the 21st.
With the Nepal-China North Korla border crossing fully operational, business activity has also increased in Mustang. Tasinarbu Gurung, chairman of Lomanthang Rural Municipality, informed that the operation of the border crossing is good.
Similarly, Chairman Gurung says that local citizens and young people who know how to drive vehicles earn good income at the checkpoint. He mentioned that there is a way for the young people to unload the load at the border customs and drive out the electric vehicles brought to the customs of China.
