Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has requested its government to regulate the inflow of edible oil from Nepal and other Saarc countries, claiming that these imports have been flouting rules of origin, bypassing trade regulations, and severely impacting India's domestic refiners, farmers, and government revenue.

The Post recently had an article on Nepal's soyabean oil exports to India, which saw a staggering 45-fold increase in the first half of the current fiscal year, despite the country producing very little soyabean.

Experts attribute this surge to traders exploiting tariff loopholes in India, a recurring issue in Nepal's trade.

SEA, a nationwide body representing Indian solvent extraction ind...