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Nepal: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

115 / 138

Importer Rank

77 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

118 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $1,665,727,794
Total Imports (2021) $15,830,035,162
Trade Balance (2021) ($14,164,307,368)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 6.76%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 42.64%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
India $1,333,725,822
United States $132,610,207
Germany $29,858,189
United Kingdom $23,542,081
Turkey $21,678,110
France $12,547,251
Australia $9,398,870
China $8,407,853
Italy $8,018,774
Canada $8,009,386

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
India $9,583,626,089
China $2,383,294,448
Argentina $451,686,713
United Arab Emirates $415,525,927
Indonesia $366,095,164
United States $297,844,210
Australia $227,977,032
Ukraine $198,274,933
Malaysia $138,264,410
South Korea $134,237,212

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(15) Fats & Oils $890,965,977
(55) Manmade Staple Fibers $86,884,211
(09) Coffee & Spices $78,682,750
(57) Carpet $71,391,934
(23) Animal Feeds $55,207,793
(53) Natural Fibers $52,324,293
(62) Apparel: Non Knit $50,154,157
(20) Preserved Fruits & Vegetables $43,120,006
(56) Rope & Twine $37,472,710
(54) Manmade Filaments $29,001,484

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $2,395,283,684
(72) Iron & Steel $1,495,823,683
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,249,341,104
(15) Fats & Oils $1,118,129,584
(85) Electrical Machinery $1,018,770,897
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $971,266,270
(10) Cereals $685,416,534
(39) Plastics $627,958,650
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $553,322,811
(30) Pharmaceuticals $523,589,837

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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