Imports - commodities: gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer
Imports - partners: India 39%, Singapore 10%, China/Hong Kong 9%,
(FY00/01)
Debt - external: $2.55 billion (FY00/01)
Economic aid - recipient: $424 million (FY00/01)
Currency: Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Currency code: NPR
Exchange rates: Nepalese rupees per US dollar - 76.675 (January 2002), 74.961 (2001), 71.094 (2000), 68.239 (1999), 65.976 (1998), 58.010 (1997)
Fiscal year: 16 July - 15 July
Communications Nepal
Telephones - main lines in use: 236,816 (January 2000)