Exports - partners:
India 53.7%, US 17.4%, Germany 7.1% (2005)

Imports:
$2 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer

Imports - partners:
India 47.5%, UAE 11.2%, China 10.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.9%, Kuwait 4.1%
(2005)

Debt - external:
$3.34 billion (March 2005)

Economic aid - recipient:
$424 million (FY00/01)

Currency (code):
Nepalese rupee (NPR)

Currency code:
NPR

Exchange rates:
Nepalese rupees per US dollar - 71.368 (2005), 73.674 (2004),
76.141 (2003), 77.877 (2002), 74.949 (2001)

Fiscal year:
16 July - 15 July