Smartphone imports worth 3.46 billion in July alone

According to the department, compared to the same period of the last financial year, the import has decreased by 0.67 percent in the first month of the current year, while the export has decreased by 9.63 percent. In the last month of July, Nepal and India only According to the department, the trade loss equal to 70 billion 10 million 42 million has been incurred.

In the first month of the current year, while the import from India was worth 77.68 billion 31 million, the export was worth 7.57 billion 88 million. Nepal's trade deficit with another neighboring country, which has the second largest foreign trade, during this period is equal to 24 billion 38 billion 47 million. Last July, while the import from China was 24.54 billion 23 million, the export was only 157.6 million. Nepal's trade deficit with Qatar, Ukraine, Australia, Bahrain, Malaysia and other countries is also high.

In the first month of the current year, 13 of the countries with which Nepal did foreign trade The country has business profits. The United Kingdom has the highest trade profit of Rs. 18 crore 34 lakh 66 thousand. Trade profit has been seen with Afghanistan, Belgium, Russia, Mauritius and other countries.

Nepal's most imported items are petroleum products, iron products, smartphones, crude sunflower oil, etc. In the last one month alone, Nepal has imported diesel worth six billion 987.1 million, petrol worth five billion 693.5 million and cooking gas worth four billion 826.66 million.

Similarly, it is mentioned in the statistics of the customs department that smartphones worth 3.46 billion 63 million were imported in July. Carpets, tea, steel, yarn etc. are the most exported items of Nepal. Last July, Nepal exported carpet worth one billion 11.75 million.