But it is a difficult business in Nepal, whether you do it by air or by land and sea. The most difficult part is time. Consumers want their goods to reach their destinations on time, safely and economically. Even by air, it takes longer than the anticipated time to reach goods to their destinations. So, we also face problems with the airlines.
Airlines give low priority to goods for export.
They are not much motivated to take goods for exports. Regarding the land-sea route, it sometimes takes several days even to reach Birgunj. Again, from Birgunj it take several days to reach the goods to the nearest port of Calcutta or Haldia. We also face problems in the transit like theft, damage and harassment by the Indian officials on the way and at custom. In India it is very difficult to get the job done and as Nepalese forwarders have to export 90 per cent of the goods through India, the problem is compounded.