Nepali apparels shine in the market with foreign goods stuck at northern border points

The import of readymade garment declined 31 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year, according to the Trade and Export Promotion Center.

This year has been painful for Nepali importers as they failed to get their summer, autumn and winter shipments of readymade garments from the northern neighbour due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. And with a significant reduction of new imported clothes in the market, domestic apparel makers were quick to pounce on the opportunity to fill the void.