Online classes boost mobile phone import in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Online classes amid the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, has boosted the import of mobile phones in Nepal, according to data released by the country’s Department of Customs.

As online teaching is continuing, demand for smartphones has grown substantially in the Himalayan country, leading to a growing import of mobile phones during the first 11 months of the current 2020-21 fiscal year which ends in mid-July, reports Xinhua news agency.

According to the Ministry data, Nepal imported mobile phones worth 34.14 billion NPR ($287 million) during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, in contrast with 15.74 billion NPR over the same period of last fiscal year.