The annual border trade through Nathu La, the frontier post at Sino-Indian border in Sikkim, ended on Friday with traders of both sides clocking a turnover of Rs 3.54 crore. Anil Kumar Gupta, a businessman from Sikkim who had been exporting goods through the silk route since 2006, said the resumption of trade after the border standoff came as a relief to the fraternity. A function was held at Nathu La last evening to mark the closure of trading season this year. The Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Industries Department, Tsewang Doma Bhutia, declared the trade ‘closed’ for this year. The trade will resume in May next year.

Source: Hindustan Times December 02, 2017 10:41 UTC