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Nepal s tea exports thrive despite Covid-19 pandemic Kathmandu Post
Kakarbhitta, March 12 Gorkha Tea Estate in Ilam, Fikkal has been exporting orthodox tea to Germany since 2009. The tea is sold under the brand name Sundarpani, which means beautiful water in Nepali, in 125 German cities.
Even amid the Covid-19-related restrictions last year, shipments of orthodox tea increased.
According to customs statistics, Nepal dispatched orthodox tea worth Rs52.7 million to Germany alone in the first six months of the current fiscal year (mid-July 2020 to mid-January 2021). Old vintage blue truck driving to green tea farm for plant product transportation on the red dirt road, countryside landscape with agriculture field vehicle