Foreign Trade Balance of Nepal

Total Exports Total Imports Total Trade Trade Deficit

F.Y. 2018/19 (2075/76) 97.11 1,418.56 1,515.67 1,321.45

Share % in Total Trade 6.4 93.6

F.Y. 2019/20 (2076/77) 97.71 1,196.80 1,294.51 1,099.09

Share % in Total Trade 7.5 92.5

F.Y. 2020/21 (2076/78) 141.12 1,539.84 1,680.96 1,398.71

Share % in Total Trade 8.4 91.6

Percentage Change in F.Y. 0.6 -15.6 -14.6 -16.8

2019/20 compared to same
period of the previous year

Percentage Change in F.Y. 44.4 28.7 29.9 27.3

2020/21 compared to same
period of the previous year
InExport
BillionImport
Rs.
Ratio

1: 14.6

1: 12.2

1: 10.9
 TOTAL EXPORTS OF SOME MAJOR COMMODITIES

F.Y. 2018/19 (2075/76) F.Y. 2019/20 (2076/77)

Commodities Unit Quantity Value Quantity

Soyabean oil 2,346,370
Yarns ( Polyester, Cotton and others) 9,776,165
Woolen Carpet Sq.Mtr. 403,490 7,369,695 308,512
Jute and Jute Products 6,093,053
Cardamom Kg. 5,240,329 4,284,199 5,012,694
Readymade Garments Pcs. 12,262,627 6,343,132 9,176,172
Juices 4,573,350
Woolen Felt products 1,979,951
Tea Kg. 15,043,796 3,203,908 11,185,198
Textiles 3,417,775
Woolen and Pashmina shawls 1,909,834
Sunflower Oil - - 780,408
Iron and Steel products 6,407,322
Noodles, pasta and like 1,159,109
Medicinal Herbs 1,439,852
Rosin and resin acid Kg. 13,278,239 1,385,521 7,803,987
Dentifrices (toothpaste) 852,769
Essential Oils Kg. 50,604 408,000 38,698
Footwear 938,734
Nepalese paper and paper Products 533,978
Lentils Kg. 12,896,509 1,289,525 7,045,000
Handicrafts ( Painting, Sculpture and statuary) 792,049
Cotton sacks and bags 428,082
Copper and articles thereof 1,278,797
Ginger Kg. 14,919,195 512,296 8,846,931
Gold Jewellery -
Articles of silver jewellery 170,112
Hides & Skins Sq.ft. 10,805,722 520,070 3,811,683
Palm oil 10,333,051
Headgear and parts thereof 690,840
Meat and edible meat offal 218,149
Others 16,453,126
Total 97,108,813
COMMODITIES
Value 000 Rs
F.Y. 2019/20 (2076/77) F.Y. 2020/21 (2077/78) Annual % % Share,
Change in Value F.Y.
Value Quantity Value FY 2020/21 2077/78
12,691,120 53,651,598 322.7 38.0
7,250,942 8,529,221 17.6 6.0
6,157,706 440,656 7,244,050 17.6 5.1
5,667,324 7,169,162 26.5 5.1
4,019,214 8,857,342 7,022,493 74.7 5.0
4,873,829 11,863,527 5,319,176 9.1 3.8
3,432,266 4,229,918 23.2 3.0
2,154,883 4,042,388 87.6 2.9
2,782,841 11,920,736 3,797,140 36.4 2.7
2,873,428 3,290,507 14.5 2.3
1,763,615 2,544,547 44.3 1.8
107,010 2,246,132 1999.0 1.6
2,928,181 2,150,432 -26.6 1.5
699,708 1,795,431 156.6 1.3
1,565,146 1,695,038 8.3 1.2
812,059 7,682,498 1,125,089 38.5 0.8
744,885 927,407 24.5 0.7
432,912 66,980 918,862 112.3 0.7
786,317 795,560 1.2 0.6
425,229 610,908 43.7 0.4
949,122 4,163,000 564,513 -40.5 0.4
573,382 554,993 -3.2 0.4
343,160 503,593 46.8 0.4
682,601 483,599 -29.2 0.3
435,778 6,065,622 448,364 2.9 0.3
- 387,176 - 0.3
168,570 225,755 33.9 0.2
178,313 1,741,334 156,637 -12.2 0.1
18,317,980 545 -100.0 0.0
121,712 77,788 -36.1 0.1
41,685 10,561 -74.7 0.0
13,728,190 18,605,496 35.5 13.2
97,709,105 141,124,080 44.4 100.0
 TOTAL IMPORTS OF SOME MAJOR COMMODITIES
Value in 000 Rs
Commodities F.Y. 2075/76 F.Y. 2076/77
F.Y. 2018/19 F.Y. 2019/20

Petroleum Products 216,429,294 164,006,933

Iron & Steel and products thereof 165,057,643 121,591,861
Machinery and parts 120,516,836 98,198,950
Transport Vehicles and parts thereof 91,165,920 65,027,946
Cereals 51,802,397 56,884,307
Electronic and Electrical Equipments 62,176,630 54,170,186
Crude soyabean oil 13,430,105 18,723,644
Telecommunication Equipment and parts 30,091,184 27,912,453
Pharmaceutical products 30,118,241 28,182,518
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 31,826,520 24,020,562
Gold 34,637,749 13,639,975
Polythene Granules 22,180,073 18,794,972
Fertilizers 16,158,676 19,000,938
Chemicals 14,846,766 12,747,362
Man-made staple fibres ( Synthetic, Polyester etc) 17,334,030 12,452,030
Crude sunflower oil 7,649,191 9,821,748
Rubber and articles thereof 12,474,212 10,907,686
Aluminium and articles thereof 12,776,904 12,070,225
Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds 5,715,178 6,391,452
Cotton ( Yarn and Fabrics) 7,866,252 6,833,907
Silver 16,086,364 9,493,080
Copper and articles thereof 7,785,983 6,420,149
Crude palm Oil 11,861,893 17,991,184
Zinc and articles thereof 6,103,879 4,270,087
Aircraft and parts thereof 23,406,252 21,429,386
Cement Clinkers 11,678,741 4,414,356
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair 4,124,815 3,141,127
Cement 1,312,923 454,116
Others 371,944,782 347,805,912
Total 1,418,559,431 1,196,799,053
DITIES

F.Y. 2077/78 Annual % Change % Share, F.Y.

F.Y. 2020/21 FY 2020/21 2077/78

175,531,491 7.0 11.4

175,344,761 44.2 11.4
123,628,617 25.9 8.0
97,374,902 49.7 6.3
79,592,746 39.9 5.2
60,395,527 11.5 3.9
53,387,881 185.1 3.5
46,705,287 67.3 3.0
36,371,488 29.1 2.4
30,103,179 25.3 2.0
27,486,074 101.5 1.8
27,404,694 45.8 1.8
22,820,856 20.1 1.5
17,119,424 34.3 1.1
17,053,681 37.0 1.1
16,248,681 65.4 1.1
15,677,822 43.7 1.0
12,584,462 4.3 0.8
10,467,346 63.8 0.7
10,414,727 52.4 0.7
9,882,214 4.1 0.6
7,644,678 19.1 0.5
7,234,880 -59.8 0.5
5,655,239 32.4 0.4
3,816,746 -82.2 0.2
3,605,850 -18.3 0.2
3,507,432 11.7 0.2
560,973 23.5 0.0
442,215,411 27.1 28.7
1,539,837,068 28.7 100.0
 MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS OF NEPAL
Exports
'000 Rs.
Annual % Change
FY 2020/21
Countries F.Y. 2018/19 F.Y. 2019/20 F.Y. 2020/21
India 62,731,665 70,108,886 106,372,055 51.7
U.S.A. 10,848,862 9,444,366 13,793,534 46.1
Germany 3,158,873 2,736,821 3,238,674 18.3
U.K. 2,629,478 2,046,587 2,436,417 19.0
Turkey 2,964,859 2,123,785 1,598,107 -24.8
France 1,295,225 1,117,727 1,307,687 17.0
Australia 734,551 563,452 1,068,945 89.7
China, P. R. 2,109,799 1,191,181 1,016,057 -14.7
Japan 1,061,182 891,011 969,138 8.8
Canada 895,983 686,795 907,038 32.1
Italy 1,180,986 702,221 800,590 14.0
Bangladesh 1,293,475 954,773 674,080 -29.4
Bhutan 161,973 122,021 636,332 421.5
Netherlands 422,577 334,109 593,672 77.7
Denmark 387,424 295,448 508,724 72.2
Switzerland 453,434 340,908 465,204 36.5
Hongkong, China 328,859 306,164 381,992 24.8
U.A.E. 325,417 222,200 353,411 59.1
Belgium 256,143 237,899 337,787 42.0
Indonesia 16,130 125,428 267,246 113.1
Austria 235,043 186,018 214,879 15.5
Korea R 226,015 215,176 200,150 -7.0
Sweden 125,774 140,653 185,516 31.9
Norway 174,514 152,273 172,396 13.2
Czech Republic 94,110 103,646 159,625 54.0
Spain 310,439 244,673 158,987 -35.0
New Zealand 110,897 69,485 158,395 128.0
Russia 183,714 151,966 157,667 3.8
Pakistan 53,798 45,041 155,266 244.7
Malaysia 215,779 147,344 124,010 -15.8
Ireland 44,802 63,301 107,948 70.5
Singapore 196,335 84,457 103,570 22.6
Others 1,880,696 1,553,291 1,498,981 -3.5
Grand Total 97,108,813 97,709,105 141,124,080 44.4

Import
 000 Rs.
Annual % Change
Countries F.Y. 2018/19 F.Y. 2019/20 F.Y. 2020/21 FY 2020/21
India 917,947,260 735,308,764 971,603,945 32.1
China, P. R. 205,527,523 181,920,308 233,923,060 28.6
Argentina 10,452,899 16,024,130 41,939,977 161.7
U.A.E. 35,366,448 18,148,850 37,135,516 104.6
U.S.A. 13,429,275 23,547,649 19,501,416 -17.2
Ukraine 10,144,832 10,222,639 17,176,803 68.0
Indonesia 18,206,545 30,807,173 17,128,608 -44.4
Australia 8,066,306 4,826,379 16,428,003 240.4
Korea R 9,363,211 9,671,962 16,423,031 69.8
Canada 13,554,991 16,743,277 14,346,484 -14.3
South Africa 10,071,145 10,063,371 11,192,918 11.2
Bangladesh 4,242,246 5,292,013 10,674,414 101.7
Thailand 14,401,893 9,369,779 9,656,691 3.1
Malaysia 12,545,363 10,433,326 9,613,913 -7.9
Saudi Arabia 8,821,373 7,438,194 8,581,416 15.4
Vietnam 10,969,083 7,901,347 8,245,288 4.4
Turkey 5,997,505 5,084,654 7,271,126 43.0
Japan 7,671,243 7,159,723 6,086,446 -15.0
Germany 7,223,842 5,450,316 5,638,523 3.5
Singapore 5,377,943 4,486,498 5,559,785 23.9
Myanmar 2,567,192 3,245,116 5,153,121 58.8
France 19,853,451 11,296,349 4,701,751 -58.4
Oman 1,886,594 6,083,284 4,224,783 -30.6
Others 64,871,267 56,273,952 57,630,049 2.4
Grand Total 1,418,559,431 1,196,799,053 1,539,837,068 28.7
% Share, F.Y.
2077/78

75.4
9.8
2.3
1.7
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.1
100.0
% Share, F.Y.
2077/78
63.1
15.2
2.7
2.4
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
3.7
100.0
Exports of NTIS Products

Products F.Y. 2075/76 (2018/19) F.Y. 2076/77 (2019/20)

Unit Quantity Value Quantity Value
Agro-based products
Cardamom 090830 Kg. 5,240,329 4,284,199 5,012,694 4,019,214
Ginger 091010 Kg. 14,919,195 512,296 8,846,931 435,778
Tea 0902 Kg. 15,043,796 3,203,908 11,185,198 2,782,841
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 1211 1,439,852 1,516,369

Craft and manufacturing products

All Fabrics, Textile, Yarn and Rope
5509, 5407, 6305 16,207,203 12,009,245
Leather 4104, 4106 Sq.ft 10,247,957 494,567 3,552,458 164,936
Footwear 6404 905,327 753,941
Pashmina 6214 2,514,200 2,267,949
Carpets 5701 Sqm 410,878 7,457,184 309,246 6,165,301

Total 37,018,734 30,115,574

 000 Rs.
F.Y. 2077/78 (2020/21)
Quantity Value

8,857,342 7,022,493
6,065,622 448,364
11,920,736 3,797,140
1,695,038

13,677,001
1,458,634 147,377
716,366
2,700,083
440,681 7,244,335

37,448,199