Export of herbs has increased through the Nepalgunj border in the five months of the current fiscal year 2025/26. 

According to the Information Officer of Nepalgunj Customs Office, Pabitra Kumar Khadka, herbs worth Rs 250 million were exported via Nepalgunj border till December 15 from the beginning of the current fiscal year. 

A total of 841,338 kilograms of different species of herbs were exported, he added. It was more by Rs 100 million compared to corresponding period of the last fiscal year. 

Herbs worth Rs 146.27 million were exported through the Nepalgunj border in the first five months of the previous year.

Timur (Nepali pepper), kaulo, satuwa, cinnamon, bojho and amala (Indian gooseberry) are exported via the Nepalgunj border. Around 85 percent herbs are exported to India from Nepalgunj border, said Chairperson of Association of Herbs Entrepreneurs, Tanka Sharma. 

The export of herbs has increased via the Nepalgunj border in recent periods, he added. 

There is a problem in mountainous districts to reach the district headquarter to acquire permission to collect and export herbs.