India’s Strategic Move Counters China’s Nepal Push, Leaves Both Nations Uneasy | World News
New Delhi: India has started a great pressure on what Chinese steel sees it as a rear door route to enter the domestic market through its neighbor Nepal. The new Delhi tightened the rules of imports, effectively stopped the flow of cheap Chinese -origin raw steel flow hidden as nepal pots and kitchen utensils.
The new rule implemented by the Indian Standards Office (BIS) requires that any steel product entering India should carry a quality certificate sign. Most importantly, this certificate applies not only to the final product, but also for the raw material used to do so.
Change has developed the long -standing trade application to import Chinese raw stew to Nepal, to convert it into kitchenware, and then export these goods to India.
Indian officials see this as a necessary step to protect domestic manufacturers and prevent low -cost and non -standard Chinese products. However, the rules change for Nepal exporters has been destructive.
According to Kathmandu Post, many important Nepal steel manufacturers, including Bhistar Global Private Limited and Panchakya Steel, have made a sharp drop in exports to India.
Panchakya, specialized in stainless steel tanks, was forced to completely pause production. “But even India insists that even the raw materials should come from India. Further imported steel is not allowed.”
Bhistar Global, who exports more than 400 tons of steel kitchen utensils to India every month, is now starting to produce only 20 to 30 tons. Approximately 200 tons of finished goods are reported to be stuck in their warehouses.
Arbind Tripathi, the chief accountant of the company, said Nepal’s steel exports have reached a virtual stop. “We were relying on raw materials from China. Now we can’t use it. We are trying to get the right certificates, but the process is long and uncertain.”
Ram Prasad Regmi, Chief of Nepal’s Bhairahawa Customs Office, confirmed that steel exports to India have been stopped for more than two months. “India has recently implemented new software following imported goods. Nepal has not yet been listed in the system, and Nepal traders will be locked until it changes,” he said.
This tightening of standards is not only about trade, but also a strategic signal. India clearly demonstrates that its market will not allow it to be used as a dumping area for Chinese goods even through intermediaries such as Nepal. While the Nepal businesses struggle to deal with, the new Delhi movement sees it as a necessary defense of economic interests.
China’s attempt to quietly re -enter the Indian market through Nepal seems to have been caught and closed. India’s message is not compromised by shortcuts, bypass and national production and product standards.
