Supply Chain of frames and glasses in Nepal

 

Frame and lens market of Nepal


Almost all the frames in Nepalese market come from China. They often have printed names of renowned brands like Ray Ban, Police, Emporio Armani, Gucci, Oakley, etc. There are also many places in Kathmandu where holograms, stickers and printed covers of these brands are made.

There are around 150 wholesalers/suppliers in Kathmandu who regularly bring frames in volumes from China. The hub from frames in China lies at Guangzhou. Some of the manufacturers are Guangzhou optical manufacturers and wholesalers, Guangzhou Ding Sheng Trading, Guangzhou Sara Trading, etc.

The wholesalers from Kathmandu go to Guangzhou and ask the manufacturers for the desired designs and quality of frames under certain price range. The deal is fixed and manufacturers will deliver their products in a container in a promised time at the border. The products should be so ordered so that they fill a whole container. It takes a few weeks to months from the date of placing order to the arrival of goods at the border. The wholesalers at Kathmandu delegate task of custom clearance and goods delivery up to their Kathmandu warehouse to a transport agent whereby they charge ~ NPR 250K for each container.



Mostly preferred frames in Nepalese market are plastic frames. They have mainly 3 varieties: normal plastic frames, TR and Acetate. Each plastic frame in a particular design has around 10-12 colors to choose from. A single design of metal frames have around 3-4 colors or varieties.

They choose a few frames from a particular design range and bring on to showcasing in their wholesale outlets. All these outlets are located in New Road area (RB Complex, Bishal Bazar, Suraj Arcade) and China Town. These are the outlets which supply frames across Nepal. Or other wholesalers buy frames from them and  sell to the retailers.

Any eye hospital will be publishing the standing list of possible vendors annually at the start of a fiscal year and the purchases will be made directly negotiating from those listed vendors if the purchase amount is less than certain amount mentioned in their policy (GoN limit is NPR 150K). If the eye hospital does not have their own finance/procurement policy, they follow the procurement guidelines of GoN.

And for up to  NPR 1 million, the eye hospital will invite sealed quotations, and the purchase amount exceeding NPR 1 million warrants an open bid or tender published in national newspapers.  

So, here I have listed some of the major suppliers of lens to Nepali market. Point to be noted: the company name might differ as some of them seem to dissolve previous companies and open a new company in a 2-3 year period. 

List of Major Lens Suppliers of Nepal: 

1.      Lens Zone lies in Tripureshwore area and it belongs to Mr. Deepak Agarwal who can be contacted via mobile number: 9851082447

2.      Shree Ganesh Lens Supplier (previously Jagadamba Opticals) lies in Tripureshore and it belongs to two brothers: Ajay Jaiswal (Mobile number: 9851107617) and Anil Jaiswal (Mobile number: 9841557462)

3.      Janaki Opticals (also Bosch and Lomb optical) in Tripureshwore (opposite to Nepal Eye Hopital) which is owned by Umesh Tuladhar (Mobile number: 9851157654)

4.      Mahesh Agarwal also supplies lens with his own customized brand Tom Hardy and he can be contacted via mobile number 9810357503

 

 Frames are, however, supplied by many companies. An estimate has it that there are approximately 150 wholesalers of ophthalmic frames of which around 40-50 companies bring the ready-made commodities direct from China. Many people work as intermediary in this business who buy lenses from major suppliers and sell them to small wholesalers or hospitals or retailers. Here are some frame wholesalers popular in Nepali ophthalmic market.

Some Frame Suppliers of Nepal:

1.      Surendra Gupta (Gupta Impex)

2.      Narendra Thapa (Bhagwan Traders)

3.      Rajesh Kumar Agarwal (Romak Traders)

4.      Manoj Mittal (Rahul Traders)

5.      Devendra Agarwal (DA optical, Bishal Bazar)

6.      Prashant Acharya (Prashant Trading Concern, China Town)

7.      Pawan Acharya (Shree Krishna Traders)

8.      Santosh Dahal

9.      Kamal Jain (Suraj Arcade)

10. Bijaya (suraj Arcade)

11. Uttam Bajagain (B & B Impex)

12. Naresh Thapa (Ayam Suppliers)

 

Lenses and frames are both coming to Nepal from China. Some people think that frames come from India. It is because Indian suppliers can buy the items in bulk, for example commodity worth of 50 million INR all at once. That way the costing for them in the same item will be very low when Nepali supplier goes there and buy the commodity with just 5 million NPR. In terms of volume, Nepali supplier can't compete with the Indian ones. So, the cost of an item when less volume is bought would be cheaper from the Indian supplier, who in fact have bought those items from China. Many Indian frame manufactures are shut down because they could not compete with the China market in terms of both price and quality.

Topics Discussed in this article are:

Lens Market in Nepal

Frame Market in Nepal

Ophthalmic lens Market of Nepal

Lens suppliers of Nepal

Wholesalers of Lens and Frames

Frame Suppliers of Nepal

How lens and frames come in Nepal

The journey of lens and frames from China and India to Nepal

Wholesale business of lens and frames

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