Nepal, April 19 -- KATHMANDU, April 18 The revenue collection at the Tatopani-Khasa customs point surpassed its annual target in just nine months of the current fiscal year, driven by an increase in trading through Nepal's bilateral land trade route with China.

Dayanand KC, chief officer of the Dry Port Customs Office, stated that the government had set a duty collection target of Rs 5.59 billion at the customs point. As of the end of the third quarter, the customs revenue collection reached Rs 8.56 billion, according to KC.

Trade through the Tatopani customs point declined after the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015. China had blocked export trade and human movement from Nepal through this border. After eight years of disrupted bilateral trade...