Nepal has sought help from
International Trading Centre (ITC) help to promote Nepal tea.
In a meeting with the ITC
executive director Arancha Gonzalez, here in Bali – in
the sidelines of ninth ministerial conference of WTO, today trade, commerce and
supplies, and finance minister Shankar Prasad Koirala sought ITC's help in
promoting Nepal tea that has international quality.
Hailing ITC's efforts to build
capacity of the Nepali exporters, he asked the centre to expand the programme
to the rural areas also.
After successful Constituent
Assembly (CA) elections on November 19, the country will shift its focus to
develop productive economy, Koirala added.
Gonzalez, on the occasion,
committed to continue ITC support to promote Nepal's exports. She said the
centre will continue its support for the development of pashmina industry and
its export promotion.
Nepal has exported Rs 2.18
billion worth Pashmina shawl – out of the total Rs 77.35 billion export – in the
last fiscal year 2012-13, according to the data from Trade and Export Promotion
Centre (TEPC).
No comments:
Post a Comment