Nepal-Tibet trade suffers for lack of road, other facilities
KATHMANDU: Trade with Tibet through the Tinkar transit point has come to a standstill for the past few years for lack of access road and customs office.
In the past, Darchula traders used to directly import goods from Tibet and sell them in the district headquarters of Khalanga. But of late, trade with Tibet through this transit point is almost nil.
There is neither road access from the Nepal side to bring goods imported from Tibet nor is there a customs office. The customs offices at Tinkar and other transit points on the tri-junction of Nepal, India and Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China were withdrawn during the conflict period and have not been reinstated since.
