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)
Debt - external:
$2.55 billion (FY 00/01)
Economic aid - recipient:
$424 million (FY 00/01)
Currency:
Nepalese rupee (NPR)