KATHMANDU, May 8 -- The private sector has demanded the government to set the quality standards of imported goods citing these goods are adversely affecting similar goods being produced domestically.

Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), said an increasing import of low quality goods has been affecting the consumers of these goods. According to him, the government has set the standards of only 1,150 goods and services, while more than 5,000 goods are imported in the country.

"The government has no mechanism to ascertain the quality of the imported goods," said Agrawal speaking at a program organized by the CNI on Tuesday.

The government started certification of imported goods since fiscal ye...