Sunsari, March 15 -- Nepal's orange farmers are losing out on making optimum profits for their produce due to the deviousness of Indian traders who sell Nepali oranges in India, illegally. The fruit is not on India's import list of items and traders, after buying the Nepali fruit here sell it back home at a huge profit, allege local farmers and traders.

Laxman Bhattarai, manager at the Agriculture Commodity Market, Dharan said the farmers sell oranges at wholesale prices to the traders of Dharan. The traders then sell it to other traders, according to the day's prevailing price.

"But, there is a huge difference in prices when the oranges reach the Indian market," said Bhattarai. "The Indian traders who come to buy oranges in Dharan say ...