• The ICP Raxaul is located at about 230 KMs north-west from the State Capital City of Patna in the State of Bihar on India-Nepal Border. Birganj is the corresponding place in Nepal. Raxaul is the most important border crossing for Nepal.
• The ICP is spread over a total area of about 216 acres.
• The Union Home Minister of India laid the foundation stone for the ICP was on 24.04.2010.
• The ICP is almost complete and is being planned to be commissioned around April 2016.
• Facilities available at the ICP Raxaul include:

  Facilities Name
  (i) Passenger Terminal	(vi) Public Utilities Block	(xi) Quarantine block
  (ii) Import Warehouse	(vii) Public Health Unit	(xii) Banks/ATM
  (iii) Export Warehouse	(viii) Parking Area	(xiii) Foreign Exchange Bureau
  (iv) Cargo Terminal Building	(ix) Rummaging Sheds	(xiv) Cafeteria
  (v) Customs Service Building	(x) Weigh Bridges

  f.Trade

  Nepal is a land locked country. As per Treaty of the Trade between Govt. of India and Govt. of Nepal, Raxaul caters to both Bilateral Trade and Transit Trade. The Trade statistics with number of cargo vehicles for the last three years is as given below:

  g.The Trade Statistics of ICP Raxaul is as under:-

Trade Statistic of ICP Raxaul
Year	Trade			No. of Vehicles			Passengers
	Import (Rs. Cr.)	Export (Rs. Cr.)	Total	Import	Export	Total	Incoming	Outcoming	Total
2013-14	1260	12102	13362						2355
2014-15	1508	14294	15802						2461
2015-16	935	7624	8559						1871
2016-17	1333	19972	21305			0	1167	1154	2321
2017-18	859	18726	19585			0	788	680	1468*
2018-19	1061	24139	25200	8771	118141	126912	0	0	0
2019-20	136	1965	2101	5224	32654	37878
Upto June, 2019

h. Major Items of Export

• 1. Petroleum Products	6.  Electrical Goods
  2. Motor Vehicle/parts	7.  Plastic Goods
  3. Iron and Steel Products	8.  Rice/Paddy
  4. Harmless Medicines	9.  Clinker/Cement
  5. Machine/Machinery Parts	10. Unmanufactured Tobacco

  i.Major Items of Import

  1. Juice/Beverages	5. Aluminium profile
  2. PP Woven Fabrics	5. Polyster Staple Yarn
  3. MS Black Pipe	6. PVC Loop Mat
  4. Arya Veda Products	7. GI Pipe

  j. Transit Trade

  Year	Export ( ₹ Cr)	Import ( ₹ Cr)	Trade ( ₹ Cr)	Cargo Vehicles (Nos.)
  2012-13	376	5857	6251	19164
  2013-14	226	4042	4268	15996
  2014-15	273	7209	7482	19734

  k.Passengers

  India and Nepal have “open border” under 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship. The bonafide citizens of India and Nepal do not require passport and visa to enter each other territory. However, passport holders of countries other than Nepal and India have to undergo the process of immigration clearance and customs procedures while crossing the border.

  The main purpose for their visit being Tourism, Medical, Religious and Business. Third country nationals seldom use this facility for entry into India or exit from India.