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Nepal Trade Summary

2018

Nepal exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR NEPAL 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Nepal 2018

Exports and imports of Nepal in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 781 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 12,858 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 1,035 products were exported to 109 countries and 4,163 products were imported from 148 countries.

Nepal top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Nepal exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Nepal exports to India worth US$ 462 million, with a partner share of 59.12 percent.
  2. Nepal exports to United States worth US$ 93 million, with a partner share of 11.88 percent.
  3. Nepal exports to Turkey worth US$ 35 million, with a partner share of 4.50 percent.
  4. Nepal exports to Germany worth US$ 29 million, with a partner share of 3.77 percent.
  5. Nepal exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 26 million, with a partner share of 3.34 percent.

Top five countries from which Nepal imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Nepal imports from India worth US$ 8,327 million, with a partner share of 64.76 percent.
  2. Nepal imports from China worth US$ 1,738 million, with a partner share of 13.52 percent.
  3. Nepal imports from France worth US$ 293 million, with a partner share of 2.28 percent.
  4. Nepal imports from United Arab Emirates worth US$ 242 million, with a partner share of 1.88 percent.
  5. Nepal imports from Unspecified worth US$ 158 million, with a partner share of 1.23 percent.

Nepal Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 68,729.32 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Nepal exported Cardamoms , worth 37,799.81 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Nepal exported Yarn, <85% polyester staple fibres, with artifi , worth 36,258.83 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Nepal exported Mixtures of juices, unfermented, not containing , worth 31,800.31 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Nepal exported Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, , worth 30,650.99 (US$ Thousands).

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 1,588,897.05 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Nepal imported Semi-fin prod, iron or non-alloy steel, cntg by , worth 625,618.34 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Nepal imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth 306,850.58 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Nepal imported Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, , worth 300,004.34 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Nepal imported Cement clinkers , worth 264,582.74 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Nepal in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 2,438.31 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 12.79 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 12.36 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 418,512.70 and duty free tariff line items share was 8.45 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Nepal in 2018 are below

  • Nepal GDP in current US dollar was 33,112 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 1,110.00 .
  • Nepal Trade balance: as % of GDP was -32.82.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -10,866.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 48.45 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 10.63 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Nepal in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.29.
  • Index of export market penetration was 3.54.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.91 and Nepal Country Growth was 0.59 .