Mustang. The Mustang Customs Office located at the Nepal-China North Korlan border has collected Rs 11.45 billion in revenue in the first three and a half months of the current fiscal year. For the current fiscal year 2083/84, the Mustang Customs Office has exceeded the target of Rs 9 billion in revenue, but within three and a half months, Mustang Customs has been able to collect Rs 2.45 billion in customs revenue.

Customs Officer Amindra Singh said goods worth Rs 26.01 billion were imported from Korala border point in the period of July to October 29 this year.

Similarly, goods worth Rs 286.3 million have been exported from Nepal to China. During this period, 6,501 electric vehicles (EVs) of various companies imported from China were cleared at the Mustang Customs Office and left for their destinations, said Singh. Last year, Mustang Customs had collected Rs 6.92 billion in revenue.

Customs Officer Singh said that the office had collected Rs 8.32 billion in revenue till October 11 before Dashain, while it collected another Rs 3.12 billion after Dashain. According to the Mustang Customs Office, Chinese goods worth Rs 10.40 billion were imported from Korala before Dashain, but after Dashain, Chinese goods worth Rs 6.70 billion were imported towards Nepal through Korala Pass.

Similarly, 3,926 electric vehicles entered Nepal from Korala border point from August 11 to October 10 this year and another 2,575 electric vehicles have cleared customs check in the 15 days following Dashain, customs officer Singh said. According to him, the export and import business towards Korlana has increased due to the complete closure of Rasuwagadhina and Tatopani checkpoints. Hundreds of containers of goods were imported from Korala border point after the devastating flood incident at Bhotekoshi in Rasuwa district changed its route.

Readymade garments, cosmetic goods, electronic equipment, industrial raw materials, food grains, fruits, Dashain and Tihar festival-targeted goods as well as electric vehicles are being imported from China through Korlana, which is being established as the only alternative border point to China. Nepal-China North Korlana was brought into full operation by the government on September 14 last year.