Nepal |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| |
| Agriculture
- products |
rice,
corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat
|
| Exports |
$720 million
f.o.b., but does not include unrecorded border trade with
India (2001 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
carpets,
clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain |
| Exports
- partners |
India 47.5%,
US 27.6%, Germany 7.5% (2002) |
| Imports |
$1.6 billion
f.o.b. (2001 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
gold, machinery
and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer |
| Imports
- partners |
India 21.2%,
China 13%, UAE 11.1%, Singapore 8.5%, Hong Kong 5.9%, Saudi
Arabia 4.9%, Kuwait 4.1% (2002) |
| Currency |
Nepalese
rupee (NPR) |
| Exchange
rates |
Nepalese
rupees per US dollar - 77.88 (2002), 74.95 (2001), 71.09 (2000),
68.24 (1999), 65.98 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
16 July -
15 July |
|
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