According to the Mechi Customs Office, Jhapa, cardamom worth 3.97 billion 4.373 billion rupees was exported from Shrawan to Kartik.
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Cardamom exports from Mechi Customs Office, Jhapa have increased by 109 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year. According to the office's data, cardamom worth 3.97 billion 4.373 billion rupees has been exported during this period.
Ishwar Kumar Humagain, Information Officer of the Customs Office, informed that 1,823 metric tons of cardamom were exported in four months. The office's data shows that cardamom worth 1.9 billion 2 lakh was exported during the same period of the previous fiscal year.
This year, the price of cardamom has been traded at 110,000 per maund (40 kg). Traders have been classifying cardamom into three types: conventional, tail-cut and large grains.
The price of large grains with tails cut is the highest. However, its trade is more in Birtamod, Jhapa. The price of tail-cut grains tends to be higher after that. In conventional, any kind of cardamom is sold. Its price is the lowest.
Large grains fetch up to 10,000 rupees more per maund than conventional ones, while tail-cut ones fetch 3 to 5,000 rupees more.
Farmers start producing cardamom from Shrawan. Most of the cardamom is exported to India through the Mechi Customs Office. Statistics show that 98 percent of Nepal's cardamom is exported to India.
From India, it is exported to Pakistan and the Gulf countries. Traders have said that cardamom from Nepal, India and Bhutan is sent to third countries for the purpose of making spices.
