Government of Nepal has established the 'Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB)' on 19th January 1998 accordance with the provisions of the Development Board Act 1956. NITDB is chaired by the Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce and comprised of members from public and private sector entities. The main objective of NITDB is to oversee the economical and efficient management of Inland Clearance Depots (ICDs) for facilitation of Nepal's foreign trade. ICD is a common user inland facility, other than a port or an airport, approved by a competent body, equipped with fixed installations and offering services for handling and temporary storage of any kind of goods (including container) carried under Customs transit by any applicable mode of inland surface transport, placed under Customs control and with Customs and other agencies competent to clear goods for home use, warehousing, re-export, temporary storage for onward transit and outright export.