Basket Traders, authorised distributors of Khushi Ram Behari Lal of India has begun marketing five brands of its Basmati rice in Nepal. The company is among India's largest exporters of Basmati rice and some of its brands-Doon, India Gate, Bemisal, Nur Jahan and Lotus-are exported to 20 countries. Nepali imported rice worth Rs 2.7 billion from India in 1999/2000, which is a 43.6 percent increase over 1998/1999.