In the first six months of the current fiscal year, petroleum products worth NPR 87.32 billion, including diesel, petrol, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), aviation turbine fuel (ATF), and kerosene, were imported through Birgunj. This generated revenue of NPR 36.96 billion.

Compared to the same period of the previous year, in the six months of the current year, four billion more revenue has been collected from the import of petroleum products. In the six months of the current year, the Birgunj Customs Office has informed that a revenue of Rs.

In the six months of the current year, 200,000,385 kiloliters of petrol has been imported and the revenue has been 12.47 billion rupees.

In the six months of the current year, it is reported that revenue of Rs.

In the six months of 2080/81, five types of petroleum products worth 88.78 billion rupees were imported. During the same period last year, the revenue of 32 billion 95 crore 41 lakh 46 thousand rupees was collected from the import of petroleum products.

Source: Kantipur