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Nepal Trade Summary

2012

Nepal exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR NEPAL 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Nepal 2012

Exports and imports of Nepal in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 871 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 6,017 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,051 products were exported to 132 countries and 4,062 products were imported from 153 countries.

Nepal top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Nepal exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Nepal exports to India worth US$ 601 million, with a partner share of 69.05 percent.
  2. Nepal exports to United States worth US$ 56 million, with a partner share of 6.49 percent.
  3. Nepal exports to Bangladesh worth US$ 38 million, with a partner share of 4.36 percent.
  4. Nepal exports to Germany worth US$ 30 million, with a partner share of 3.39 percent.
  5. Nepal exports to China worth US$ 22 million, with a partner share of 2.52 percent.

Top five countries from which Nepal imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Nepal imports from India worth US$ 3,935 million, with a partner share of 65.40 percent.
  2. Nepal imports from China worth US$ 697 million, with a partner share of 11.58 percent.
  3. Nepal imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 374 million, with a partner share of 6.22 percent.
  4. Nepal imports from Indonesia worth US$ 93 million, with a partner share of 1.55 percent.
  5. Nepal imports from Thailand worth US$ 88 million, with a partner share of 1.47 percent.

Nepal Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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

  1. Nepal exported Woven fabrics obtained from synthetic strip or , worth US$ 63,362.88 million.
  2. Nepal exported Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of w , worth US$ 63,092.53 million.
  3. Nepal exported Cardamoms , worth US$ 45,774.40 million.
  4. Nepal exported Dried lentils, shelled , worth US$ 39,598.36 million.
  5. Nepal exported Wire,i/nas,plated or coated with zinc,containin , worth US$ 33,120.58 million.

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

  1. Nepal imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 994,563.49 million.
  2. Nepal imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 295,702.31 million.
  3. Nepal imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, , worth US$ 242,247.04 million.
  4. Nepal imported Semi-fin prod, iron or non-alloy steel, cntg by , worth US$ 220,072.26 million.
  5. Nepal imported Crude soya-bean oil , worth US$ 139,332.96 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Nepal in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 233.92 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.85 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.45 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 305,653.41 and duty free tariff line items share was 5.76 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Nepal in 2012 are below

  • Nepal GDP in current US dollar was 21,703 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 760.00 .
  • Nepal Trade balance: as % of GDP was -20.42.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,432.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 37.92 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.39 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Nepal in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.26.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.56.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.02 and Nepal Country Growth was -12.56 .