Full trade & compliance profile
Nepal — Trade & Compliance
Nepal's trade profile consolidates its merchandise flow from CEPII BACI, the preferential agreements it has entered from the World Bank, the international cargo conventions it has ratified from the UN Treaty Collection, and its applied tariff, VAT and currency of record from the World Bank, the EU and ISO 4217.
Every figure is shown as its named source records it and dated where the source dates it; trade partners and product codes link to their own pages where logibook profiles them.
4
trade agreements
6
cargo treaties
12.84%
MFN applied tariff
Memberships & standing
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Trade Flow
Leading export goods (HS2)
- 1Animal/vegetable fats & oils12.3%
- 2Coffee, tea, spices8.5%
- 3Iron & steel8.2%
- 4Carpets7.9%
- 5Man-made staple fibres7.4%
Leading import goods (HS2)
- 1Mineral fuels & oils21.3%
- 2Machinery & mechanical appliances8.0%
- 3Electrical machinery7.5%
- 4Iron & steel7.0%
- 5Vehicles6.3%
Declining export markets
- 1Türkiye−1.49pp
- 2Singapore−1.47pp
- 3United Kingdom−0.24pp
Fastest-rising export goods
- 1Wood+4.64pp
- 2Iron & steel+4.38pp
- 3Beverages & spirits+2.74pp
Declining export goods
- 1Animal/vegetable fats & oils−12.84pp
- 2Vegetable/fruit preparations−3.23pp
- 3Works of art & antiques−1.59pp
Showing the leading partners and product groups by trade share; the full bilateral flow matrix is in — CEPII BACI · 2024
Preferential Trade Agreements
South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) - Accession of Afghanistan2011
India - Nepal2009
South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA)2006
South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA)1995
International Cargo Treaties
- ✓Convention on the International Maritime Organization. Geneva, 6 March 1948
- ✓Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. New York, 28 July 1994
- ✓Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material. New York, 4 June 1954
- ✓Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965
Fiscal & Tariffs
Currency
NPR
Nepalese Rupee
MFN applied tariff
12.84%
simple average (2022)
Key commodities
Top agricultural output
Rice
6M t
Top mineral output
coal
7K tonnes (metric)
Energy production
Primary energy production
Top item per category of 101 commodities tracked — full lists: FAOSTAT · 2026-05 · British Geological Survey · U.S. EIA
All Sources
Referencelogibook trade-bloc referencelogibook trade-bloc reference
Compiled (public facts)
commoditythe U.S. Energy Information Administrationthe U.S. Energy Information Administration
Public domain (US gov)↗
Referenceinternational organisation membership recordsinternational organisation membership records
Public (official lists)↗