Kathmandu. In the first three months of the financial year 2083/84, Nepal has imported alcohol worth about 98 million rupees from various countries of the world. Imported alcohol includes beer, sparkling wine, grape wine, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, liqueur and other types of alcohol.
During that period, from beer and wine with different alcohol content to spirit with high alcohol strength and ethyl alcohol were imported in Nepal. Imported liquor is divided into different categories based on the amount of alcohol, type and packaging.
Whiskey, rum, gin, vodka and other spirits have been imported in different alcohol strength categories, while beer and wine have also been imported in different alcohol quantities and types.
Nearly 500 crores of Nepalese whiskey
Nepal has spent nearly 50 million rupees for whiskey import. According to the Customs Department, a total of 493.9 million rupees worth of whiskey has been imported into Nepal in the first three months of the current financial year 2084/084. As mentioned in the data, most of the whiskey in Nepal is imported from the UK. During this period, whiskey worth Rs 3559 lakh 11 thousand was imported from the UK alone.
Similarly, 83 million 20 thousand rupees worth of whiskey has been imported from Ireland, while whiskey worth 4 million 16 million 71 thousand rupees has been imported from America.
Similarly, the data shows that Nepalese spend a large amount of money on importing alcohol from countries such as Mexico, Iran, Spain, China, Japan, and India. According to the customs department, during this period, vodka worth 3 crore 42 lakh 54 thousand and gin worth Rs 1 crore 51 lakh 45 thousand were imported.
Nepali people tasted sparkling wine from eight countries
Sparkling wine from eight countries of the world has entered Nepal from last July till the end of October. According to the customs department, sparkling wine worth 40,264,000 rupees has been imported during this period.
Sparkling wine is imported from Argentina, Australia, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Chile and other countries in Nepal. During this period, sparkling wine worth one million three hundred eighty seven thousand was imported from France. Since July of the current fiscal year, vermouth and other wines worth 152,490,000 rupees have been imported from Korea, Italy and Chile.