India Considers Tough Nepal Tea Import Restrictions
India’s Parliamentary Committee on Commerce is pressing for a review of the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship that allows free movement of people and goods.
New harvest tea is on its way. Two hurdles remain. Transport is stretched to the breaking point as reinvigorated economies stir from pandemic weariness. The second hurdle is cost. Wholesalers, retailers, and importers that last year bore the weight of spiking prices must now make up for lost earnings.