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Goods worth Rs 359 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office in five months of the current fiscal year. 

Information Officer of the Birgunj Customs Office, Udaya Singh Bista, said that the total imports of this year's review period were 17 percent more compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. In the first five months of the last fiscal, the Birgunj Customs Office imported goods worth Rs 306 billion. 

Bista said that revenue collection from the Office has also significantly increased after the increase in imports of goods. 

In the first five months of the current fiscal year, petroleum products worth Rs 72.28 billion and iron and iron goods of Rs 31.65 billion were imported. 

Likewise, machinery goods and their parts of Rs 24.60 billion and soybean oil of Rs 22.85 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office during the review period.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 5, 500 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday. 

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 267, 200 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 261, 700 per tola on Monday. 

Similarly, the of silver has increased by Rs 15 and is being traded at Rs 4, 235 per tola today.

Goods worth Rs 20.14 billion were imported from the Mechi Customs Office in Jhapa in the first five months of the current fiscal year.

Information Officer and Customs Officer of the Mechi Customs Office, Ishwar Kumar Humagain, said that the total import of this year's review period was 7.57 percent more compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. In the first five months of the last fiscal, the Mechi Customs Office imported goods worth Rs 18.72 billion.

However, the total export of goods from the Mechi Customs Office has decreased in this period. The total exports stood at Rs 10.71 billion in the review period, which was Rs 11.47 billion in the same period last year.  

Cardamom, tea, plywood, veneer sheet, broom grass, ginger and iron sheet are the major exportable goods from the Mechi Customs Office while petroleum goods, readymade garments, vegetables, auto parts, cement clinker, cosmetics goods, coffee, plastic goods, shoes and some others are the major imported goods.

Likewise, the Office collected slightly more than Rs 6.82 billion in revenue from the exports and imports of goods during the first five months starting from the month of Shrawan, officials shared.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 13. 88 points to close at 2, 581. 21 points on Monday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 2. 25 points to close at 446. 01 points.

A total of 9,167,359-unit shares of 345 companies were traded for Rs 1. 46 billion.

Meanwhile, SY Panel Nepal Limited (SYPNL) was the top gainer today with its price surging by 9. 99 percent.

Likewise, Manushi Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (MLBS) was the top loser as its price fell by 6. 84 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 33 trillion.