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Nepal implements token system for transportation to facilitate imports from China
Nepal implements token system for transportation to facilitate imports from China
Source: Xinhua
Published: 2016/11/27 21:33:39
In a bid to facilitate imports from China, Nepal on Saturday introduced a token system for Nepalese cargo containers entering the bordering Jilong port of China through Rasuwagadhi, Nepal, the only operating international border point between the two countries.
"As per the understanding with the Chinese side, we have implemented the token system starting from Saturday. Under the system, only 50 containers can enter the Chinese territory at once for importing goods from China," said Krishna Prasad Adhikari, chief district officer of bordering Rasuwa district.
"After these containers return to Nepal, another 50 are given tokens to enter China," said the officer.
According to Adhikari, vehicle movement on the Nepal side of border has been difficult due to parking of hundreds of container trucks on the road, which remains fragile after a deadly earthquake on April 25, 2015.
As the traditional main trade route, the Tatopani-Khasa (Zhangmu) route, has remained closed since the last year's quake, the traders have started shifting to Rasuwagadhi border for export and import purposes.
The new route was formally opened for international trade in December 2014.
According to Adhikari, the new system will ease the movement of vehicles across the border. But Nepalese officials also wonder if the entry and exit of 50 containers will be enough for growing trade through this route.
"Currently, around 200 containers are returning at once from China with goods," Kedar Paneru, chief customs officer at Rasuwa district, told Xinhua on Sunday.
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