India's circular stopped Nepalese tea at customs

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After the Ministry of Commerce of India issued a circular to check Nepali tea 100%, hundreds of tons of tea exported to India through the Eastern border are currently stored in Mechipari Panitanki customs complex.

India's Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi has recently issued a circular to the customs along the border with Nepal and ordered the relevant customs to import Nepali tea only after 100 percent inspection, according to Kolkata-based Nepalese Consul General Ishwarraj Paudel.

In 2005 and 2012, the Ministry of Commerce issued circulars to Indian customs for mandatory lab tests of Nepali tea. "Since then, Indian customs has been doing random sampling of 5-20 percent of Nepalese tea," said Paudel, "this year, the order to do 100 percent sampling has become a problem." There is an order. A few days ago, Paudel said that the lab test results of the tea exported from Ilam region were 'negative' and this may damage the reputation of Nepali tea.