Trouble brewing for Nepali tea industry as exports to India remain halted

All tea factories in Ilam and Jhapa suspend production as exporters warn of mounting losses, stranded consignments and a deepening crisis in Nepal’s key export industry.

Nepal’s tea industry, one of the country’s most important export sectors, has once again become entangled in trade tensions with India after the southern neighbour imposed what Nepali producers describe as restrictive new requirements on tea imports.