Goods worth Rs 359 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office in the first five months of the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26.

Information Officer of the Birgunj Customs Office Udaya Singh Bista said that the total imports of this year's review period were 17 percent more compared to the same period of the last FY. In the first five months of the last FY, the Birgunj Customs Office imported goods worth Rs 306 billion.

Bista said that revenue collection from the Office has also significantly increased after the increase in imports of goods.

In the first five months of the current FY, petroleum products worth Rs 72.28 billion and iron and iron goods of Rs 31.65 billion were imported.

Likewise, machinery goods and their parts of Rs 24.60 billion and soybean oil of Rs 22.85 billion were imported from the Birgunj Customs Office during the review period.