Kathmandu, December 18
The government expects 50,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser that it is importing from Bangladesh will arrive in the country by the first week of January.
Nepal is suffering from the chemical fertiliser crisis since early this year due to different factors including the Covid-19 pandemic and the contractors’ failure to keep their promises. Recently, the government itself has signed an agreement for the import in the government-to-government trade model.
Now, the Krishi Samagri Company Limited under the government will call letters of credit next week, and the import will begin after two weeks, says the Ministry of Agriculture Spokesperson Hari Bahadur KC.
KC says it will not take more than a week from the beginning of the arrival to receive the entire amount of fertilisers being imported.
JN Trade (UAE) has been assigned to import the fertilisers. The company will bring fertilisers up to Birgunj, Biratnagar, and Bhairahawa via railway.
