
Nepal does not have much leverage to retaliate against India’s action. It needs to update and operationalise agreements and address critical trade bottlenecks. Nepali tea exporters finally experie...
ILAM, July 6: Nepal's tea industry, which supports thousands of jobs and earns billions of rupees in foreign exchange, continues to face uncertainty. Poor government support for quality improvement...

Producers say repeated trade disruptions leave them unconvinced the latest decision will ensure smooth exports. India has eased barriers to tea exports from Nepal with immediate effect. According...

Government promises diplomatic intervention after the new Indian import rule left more than 1.3 million kilograms of Nepali tea stranded and forced nearly 100 factories to suspend operations. Nepa...

Kathmandu, June 25 Tea factories that had been shut down due to export disruptions have resumed operations after the government assured tea producers that their concerns would be addressed through...

More than 80 factories and estates in Jhapa and Ilam remain closed, pushing daily wage workers into an immediate income and livelihood crisis. The tea-harvesting season in Jhapa’s Giribandhu Tea E...
KATHMANDU, June 19: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal said that diplomatic efforts are underway to remove barriers emerged in the export of Nepali tea.

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 ...
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has urged the government to initiate immediate diplomatic efforts to address disruptions in tea exports to I...
KATHMANDU, June 17: Nepali Congress Whip Nishcal Rai has said that Prime Minister Balendra Shah has failed to pay attention to the problems of tea farmers while having time to visit tea shops.

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress Chief Whip Nischal Rai has stated that the government is not paying attention to the tea sector, which contributes significantly to the economy by exporting more than 30 ...

Tea produced in the green hills of Nepal's eastern mountains is a product connected to our identity, potential, and the lives of thousands of farmers. When tea cultivation began in Ilam, Nepal, in ...

Kathmandu, June 15 Tea industries in Ilam have shut down from Monday after the Indian side created obstacles to the export of Nepali tea under various pretexts. Tea entrepreneurs decided to close...

Kathmandu. Nepali Communist Party (NCP) National Assembly MP Jayanti Devi Rai has demanded that the government immediately resolve the problem related to tea exports to India. Speaking at the Natio...

Kathmandu. The issue of 83 tea industries being closed due to India's export ban has been raised in the House of Representatives. Nepali Congress MP Narendra Kumar Kerung raised the issue of tea in...
Nepal's orthodox tea industry is facing one of its most serious challenges in recent years. More than 300,000 kilograms of Nepali tea already shipped to India remain stranded in warehouses due to p...

Kathmandu, June 14 After India created obstacles to Nepali tea exports, tea industrialists in Ilam have announced they will shut down operations starting June 15. The Sunrise Orthodox Tea Produce...

Biratnagar. Most tea industries in Ilam are set to close after India tightened its tea import restrictions. The Suryodaya Tea Producers Association Nepal, an umbrella organization of tea industrial...

Factories in Ilam’s Suryodaya Municipality say they are forced to halt operations from June 15 after new Indian Tea Board testing rules leave more than 300,000 kg of Nepali tea held up in Kolkata a...

The municipality says new inspection requirements by India’s Tea Board have disrupted Nepali tea shipments and risk losses for farmers and traders. Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam has urged the Min...

Indian buyers halt purchases as India Tea Board resumes mandatory sampling and laboratory approval of Nepali tea; exporters fear renewed losses despite recent easing of restrictions. Just two week...
KATHMANDU, May 29: The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kathmandu commemorated International Tea Day 2026 at a special function held at the Ambassador’s Official Residence under the theme “159 Years of Exce...

KATHMANDU, May 28: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gauri Kumari has said that progress has been made towards addressing the problems faced in tea exports to India.

Biratnagar. Nepal's tea exports came to a halt two weeks ago due to the 'Standard Operating Procedure' implemented by India on tea imports. However, exports have now resumed as India has relaxed th...

Now Nepali tea meant for Indian domestic market won’t require testing, but tea for re-export from India will be tested. India has revised the Standard Operating Procedure that had disrupted tea ex...

Kathmandu. Nepali tea exports had been halted for India for the past 19 days in the name of testing. The knot in the export of Nepali tea has been untied with the Indian Tea Board issuing a new not...

The barrier to Nepal’s tea exports to India that had persisted for the past three weeks has been temporarily lifted. The Tea Board of India, operating under India’s Ministry of Commerce and Indust...