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Gangtok: The fourth season of the Nathu La border trade between two India and China resumes from Monday for the year 2009. The border trade, presently limited to traders from Sikkim and Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) had resumed on July 6, 2006, after a gap of 44 years.
Now in its fourth year, the Nathu La border trade will officially begin from May 4. The Sikkim government has planned a low key celebration at the Sherathang Trade Mart near the border to mark the inaugural occasion at around 0900 hrs. Traders from both Sikkim and TAR have been invited to participate in the inaugural occasion.
''We are organising a small function on May 4 at the Sherathang Trade Mart,'' Ujjwal Gurung, Director of the State Industries and Commerce department, said. Mr Gurung will be leading the state delegation in the function where representatives from TAR have been invited.
"Though we don't know who is coming from TAR, the function has been organised to mark the beginning of the fourth season of the Nathu La border trade,'' he said.
Deliberations on the road ahead for the border trade are expected to feature during the function to be attended by TAR and Sikkim traders.
Meanwhile, reportedly some 50 applications have been submitted to the east district administration for trade pass by local residents here to participate in the fourth season of Nathu La trade.
The trade passes are issued to the residents of Sikkim only which permits them to participate in the border trade. Last year the border trade had concluded on November 27 on an optimistic note with traders from both sides expecting more fruitful years.
Sikkim had dominated the seven month long border trade last year with official records showing that the Sikkimese traders have managed to export items worth Rs 95 lakh to TAR.
The TAR businessmen could only sell items worth Rs 1.35 lakh to their Sikkimese counterparts during the whole trading season. (UNI)
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Now in its fourth year, the Nathu La border trade will officially begin from May 4. The Sikkim government has planned a low key celebration at the Sherathang Trade Mart near the border to mark the inaugural occasion at around 0900 hrs. Traders from both Sikkim and TAR have been invited to participate in the inaugural occasion.
''We are organising a small function on May 4 at the Sherathang Trade Mart,'' Ujjwal Gurung, Director of the State Industries and Commerce department, said. Mr Gurung will be leading the state delegation in the function where representatives from TAR have been invited.
"Though we don't know who is coming from TAR, the function has been organised to mark the beginning of the fourth season of the Nathu La border trade,'' he said.
Deliberations on the road ahead for the border trade are expected to feature during the function to be attended by TAR and Sikkim traders.
Meanwhile, reportedly some 50 applications have been submitted to the east district administration for trade pass by local residents here to participate in the fourth season of Nathu La trade.
The trade passes are issued to the residents of Sikkim only which permits them to participate in the border trade. Last year the border trade had concluded on November 27 on an optimistic note with traders from both sides expecting more fruitful years.
Sikkim had dominated the seven month long border trade last year with official records showing that the Sikkimese traders have managed to export items worth Rs 95 lakh to TAR.
The TAR businessmen could only sell items worth Rs 1.35 lakh to their Sikkimese counterparts during the whole trading season. (UNI)
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