Nepali importers suffer as China continues to hold up shipments

Delays in the delivery of goods and constant disruptions on the roads to Khasa and Tatopani have also resulted in higher transportation costs, traders say.

Trader Dorje Lama of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, Listikot placed an import order with a Chinese company for readymade clothes in mid-August, expecting them to be delivered in time for the Dashain shopping season when Nepalis go on the year's biggest buying spree.