Electricity-production: 980 million kWh (1996)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 48 kWh (1996 est.)
Agriculture-products: rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat
Exports: total value: $419 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) but does not include unrecorded border trade with India commodities: carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain partners: India, US, Germany, UK
Imports: total value: $1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.) commodities: petroleum products 20%, fertilizer 11%, machinery 10% partners: India, Singapore, Japan, Germany
Debt-external: $2.6 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $411 million (FY97/98)
Currency: 1 Nepalese rupee (NR) = 100 paisa
Exchange rates: Nepalese rupees (NRs) per US$1-63.265 (January 1998), 58.010 (1997), 56.692 (1996), 51.890 (1995), 49.398 (1994), 48.607 (1993)
Fiscal year: 16 July-15 July