Industrialists in Ilam had closed their industries since Asad 15 and those in Jhapa since Asad 16. When around 99 tea industries in the east, including Jhapa and Ilam, were closed, work in more than fifty small and large tea gardens also came to a standstill.
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Nepali tea has started to be exported to India after almost 2 months of obstruction. Aditya Parajuli, Chairman of the Nepal Tea Producers Association, informed that the vehicles carrying tea from the Kakadbhitta border crossing have now been sent to Panitanki.
Chairman Parajuli says that the obstruction in tea can now be said to have been removed. He said, 'The clearance from Indian customs has not been done.' But the Prime Minister's Office has said that it will facilitate. Since yesterday, 3/4 vehicles have gone to India from Kakadbhitta. Earlier, India had said that 100 percent samples would be tested. Now, it has been decided to test 20 percent random samples.'
Chairman Parajuli said that if clearance is obtained from Indian customs in this situation, the obstruction can be said to have been removed.
After a three-week obstruction, India had again started the obstruction on tea exports from the third week of Jestha. Tea entrepreneurs say that after the Tea Board of India (TBI) reached the importer's warehouse and started collecting tea samples for laboratory testing, traders have started stopping exports.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has implemented a risk-based testing system for tea (HSN code 0902) imports with immediate effect through a letter issued on June 23.
As per the decision of the FSSAI meeting held on June 16 under the chairmanship of the Commerce Secretary of India, it has been stated that tea imported for domestic consumption will be tested at an initial rate of 20 percent. This system will be implemented at all customs entry points in India.
Earlier, Nepali tea was being stopped in the name of laboratory testing during its entry into India. Currently, about 300,000 kg of ready-made tea is stuck in Indian warehouses, while more than 1 million kg of tea is stuck in Nepal's warehouses, according to industry insiders.
In protest against this problem, industrialists in Ilam had closed their industries since Asad 1 and industrialists in Jhapa since Asad 4. When about 99 tea industries in the east, including Jhapa and Ilam, were closed, work in more than fifty small and large tea gardens also came to a standstill.
After the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers assured that it would seriously address the existing problems in the tea sector and take diplomatic and administrative initiatives as soon as possible, the industrialists agreed to resume operations.
