For the first time, Nepal exported cement to India. Nepal exported cement to India, it was about 3000 sacks of cement.
The official process began on Friday with Palpa Cement Industries Limited. Therefore, Nepal exported cement to India for the first time.
The industrialists in Nepal excited about exporting cement to India after the government provided an eight per cent subsidy for cement export in the budget.
“Today, we exported some three thousand sacks of cement to India. Now onwards, we will export it as per the demand on a daily basis,” said Jeevan Niruala, the public relations office of the Palpa Cement.
Over 50 cement companies operate in Nepal. Of them, 15, including Palpa Cement Industries Limited, produce both cement and clinker.
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.
Shekhar Agrawal, executive director of Palpa Cement Industries Limited, said that cement export could slash Nepal’s trade deficit with India by 15 per cent.
He said the demand for PPC cement was high compared to OPC in the Indian market, and that his company has its own limestone ore to use for producing the cement.
