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Nepal Trade Summary

1998

Nepal exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR NEPAL 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for Nepal 1998

Exports and imports of Nepal in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 409 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 1,313 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 120 products were exported to 58 countries and 256 products were imported from 73 countries.

Nepal top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which Nepal exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Nepal exports to India worth US$ 136 million, with a partner share of 33.38 percent.
  2. Nepal exports to United States worth US$ 108 million, with a partner share of 26.32 percent.
  3. Nepal exports to Germany worth US$ 103 million, with a partner share of 25.24 percent.
  4. Nepal exports to Bangladesh worth US$ 9 million, with a partner share of 2.20 percent.
  5. Nepal exports to France worth US$ 7 million, with a partner share of 1.80 percent.

Top five countries from which Nepal imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Nepal imports from India worth US$ 395 million, with a partner share of 30.04 percent.
  2. Nepal imports from Singapore worth US$ 192 million, with a partner share of 14.64 percent.
  3. Nepal imports from Hong Kong, China worth US$ 141 million, with a partner share of 10.75 percent.
  4. Nepal imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 66 million, with a partner share of 5.01 percent.
  5. Nepal imports from China worth US$ 63 million, with a partner share of 4.83 percent.

Nepal Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Nepal along with trade value are:

  1. Nepal exported Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of w , worth US$ 128,928.92 million.
  2. Nepal exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth US$ 41,134.79 million.
  3. Nepal exported Women's or girls' garments made up of fabrics o , worth US$ 15,678.22 million.
  4. Nepal exported Dried lentils, shelled , worth US$ 13,164.38 million.
  5. Nepal exported Men's or boys' trousers, breeches, etc, of cott , worth US$ 12,529.02 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Nepal along with trade value are

  1. Nepal imported Gold in unwrought forms non-monetary , worth US$ 243,028.69 million.
  2. Nepal imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 156,922.59 million.
  3. Nepal imported Automobiles nes including gas turbine powered , worth US$ 54,165.25 million.
  4. Nepal imported Other medicaments with >=2 constituents, not fo , worth US$ 40,077.64 million.
  5. Nepal imported Machines & mechanical appliances nes having ind , worth US$ 27,457.38 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by Nepal in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 110 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 21.67 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 20.09 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 84,133.83 and duty free tariff line items share was 5.49 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of Nepal in 1998 are below

  • Nepal GDP in current US dollar was 4,856 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 200.00 .
  • Nepal Trade balance: as % of GDP was -11.07.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -537.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.71 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 15.68 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for Nepal in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.22.
  • Index of export market penetration was 2.68.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and Nepal Country Growth was 3.86 .