Nepal has started exporting cement to India, with the first ever consignment of 3,000 bags entering the country by road through a check post bordering Uttar Pradesh. On Friday last week, the Palpa Cement Industries in Nawalparasi district dispatched the first consignment of cement to India through the Sunauli border. In order to promote the cement exports, the Nepal government is providing 8% subsidy in the budget, for which the industrialists in Nepal are all the more excited for exporting cement to India.
The Nawalparasi plant has a capacity of producing 1,800 metric tonnes of clinker and 3,000 metric tonnes of cement every day, according to Jeevan Niraula, public relations manager of Palpa Industries. Palpa, which produces Tansen brand cement under the banner of Palpa Cement Industries Limited, began exporting cement to India after completing all the government procedures, including quality standards check. The latest development has paved the way for five other cement industries operating across Nepal to export their products to India. According to Nepal Cement Producers’ Association, the Himalayan nation has the potential of exporting cement worth NRs.150 billion.
