KATHMANDU, April 18 The revenue collection at the Tatopani-Khasa customs point surpassed its annual target in just nine months of the current fiscal year, driven by an increase in trading through Nepal’s bilateral land trade route with China.
Nepalese businessmen have protested against China both at Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani checkpoints at the Nepal-China border. They even accused China of imposing an unofficial blockade as container trucks loaded with importable consumer items have not been permitted to cross the Nepal-China border into Nepal. To harass Nepalese traders, the Chinese transporters even increased freight charges along the nearly 26 km stretch between the Chinese border point and the Nepalese border from RMB 15,000-16,000 to 60,000-65,000. The Nepalese traders have talked to the Chinese authorities on these issues, but there has been no positive outcome.
During the protests, they asked China to ensure smooth movement of containers from China to Nepal and to also abide by international trade laws and transit agreements. They also asked for China take the initiative to end the undeclared blockade.
KATHMANDU (THE KATHMANDU POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Last week, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekh Raj Bhatta in a public statement declared that the time had come to seriously reconsider whether Nepal should at all trade with China.
He was reacting to an undeclared blockade-like situation enforced by China on imports of Chinese goods into Nepal. Trade across the land border has almost entirely stopped, right since the outbreak of Covid-19 a year ago.
It is perhaps for the first time in the seven decade-long Nepal-China diplomatic relations that any incumbent minister has lambasted China so openly for the latter s imperviousness to facilitate cross-border trade.
A tanker of the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) enters Kyirong via Rasuwagadhi border. (Photo courtesy: RSS)
(TibetanReview.net, Jan31’21) – Nepali businessmen have launched a protest Jan 29 in the country’s Rasuwa District against China’s ‘undeclared blockade’ of cross-border trade in violation of an agreement signed more than a year ago, reported the
ANI Jan 30, citing Nepal’s
Khabarhub news portal.
Carrying placards with messages as such ‘Ensure smooth movement of containers’, ‘ensure the safety of Nepalis living at the border’, ‘abide by international trade laws’, ‘abide by trade and transit agreements’, take initiative for easy trade with China and end undeclared blockade’ among others, local businessmen were reported to have demonstrated in front of the Rasuwagadhi Customs Office.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 30 (ANI): Nepali businessmen have launched a protest in the country s Rasuwa district against China s undeclared blockade of cross-border trade.
Businessmen protested in front of the Rasuwagadhi Customs Office on Friday.
During the demonstration, businessmen were present with placards with a message as such Ensure smooth movement of containers , ensure the safety of Nepalis living at the border , abide by international trade laws , abide by trade and transit agreements , take initiative for easy trade with China and end undeclared blockade among others, Khabarhub reported.
They said the importing Chinese goods through Rasuwagadhi was very difficult. Nepali businessmen have also complained that they had to pay a hefty bribe to Chinese agents to import goods across the border.