During the first six months of the current fiscal year 2026/27, there has been an increase in the export of cardamom, churpi and other goods from the eastern border point Kakadbhitta. The Mechi Customs Office has stated that 3.461bn kg of cardamom worth Rs 7.199bn were exported in the six months from July to December.

The office’s information officer Ishwar Kumar Humagain said that the export of cardamom in the current fiscal year has increased by 58 percent compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year. Cardamom worth Rs 4.557bn was exported from the eastern border point from the same six months of the previous fiscal year. The export of churpi, which is being exported to third countries as dog and cat food, has increased by 66.2 percent during the first six months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year.

The export progress of tea and plywood has been negative compared to the previous fiscal year. In the six months of the current fiscal year 2026/27, veneer sheets worth Rs 534.96m and lentils worth Rs 91.287m were exported.

Compared to the previous fiscal year, lentils have increased by 481 percent and veneer sheets by 109 percent. According to the Mechi Customs, tea exports have decreased by 26.4 percent and plywood exports by 44.5 percent in the half-year period. Tea worth Rs 2.178.75bn and plywood worth Rs 1.974m were exported in the six months of the current fiscal year. In the same period of the previous fiscal year, tea worth Rs 2.95bn and plywood worth Rs 1.97bn were exported.

Similarly, in the half-year period up to December of the current fiscal year 2026/27, Rs 338m worth of amliso, Rs 501m worth of ginger and dried fruits, Rs 113m worth of cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli, and Rs 574m worth of herbs were exported, informed Customs Information Officer Humagain.