Birgunj (Parsa), November 12 – Food grain imports through Nepal’s Birgunj border point fell about 63 percent in the first three months of fiscal year 2026-27, compared with the same period last year.
The Birgunj Customs Office recorded imports of 31.64 million kilograms of rice, maize, wheat, paddy, malt, buckwheat and millet between mid-July and mid-October down from 87.047 million kilograms a year earlier.
Rice imports declined to 6.773 million kilograms from 9.401 million kilograms, while their value fell to Rs 700 million from Rs 898.1 million, Chief Customs Administrator Krishna Prasad Mainali said.
Paddy imports dropped to 6.935 million kilograms from 39.1 million kilograms. Their value fell to Rs 333.5 million from Rs 1.4628 billion.
Maize imports decreased to 6,736,437 kilograms from 33,612,810 kilograms, with value falling to Rs 609.8 million from Rs 1.8013 billion.
Imports of buckwheat, millet and other grains declined to 1,640,555 kilograms from 2,341,655 kilograms.
