Agriculture—products: rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops;
milk, water buffalo meat
Exports: $394 million (f.o.b., 1997), but does not include
unrecorded border trade with India
Exports—commodities: carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute
goods, grain
Exports—partners: India, US, Germany, UK
Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
Imports—commodities: petroleum products 20%, fertilizer 11%, machinery 10%
Imports—partners: India, Singapore, Japan, Germany
Debt—external: $2.4 billion (1997)
Economic aid—recipient: $411 million (FY97/98)
Currency: 1 Nepalese rupee (NR) = 100 paisa