KATHMANDU: Import bill of sugar that entered the country from the dry port in Sirsiya, Birgunj surged by about 81 percent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year following hike in supplies from Pakistan and Bangladesh, where production of the commodity has soared.
Nepal imported 83,875.7 tonnes of sugar worth Rs4.7 billion via the Inland Clearance Depot (ICD) in Birgunj in between mid-July and mid-April, data provided by ICD Birgunj show. The country imported 38,643.5 tonnes of sugar worth Rs2.6 billion from the ICD in the same period a year ago.
