Nepal's agri imports soar despite Covid disruption

While overall imports grew by 28.66 percent to Rs1.53 trillion, agricultural goods imports increased by more than 30 percent to Rs325 billion.

Unfazed by the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant restrictions on movement which strangled foreign trade across the world, Nepal continued to splurge its ever-increasing remittance inflow on imports, and even achieved new highs in spending, especially on farm products.