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Nepali
importers turn to sea to escape the vagaries of
northern borderTraders don’t mind the extra cost and
time since there is no risk of their shipments being
held up, they say, by Krishana Prasain and Balram
Ghimire (kp 05/03/2021)
Chobhar
dry port expected to be completed next month : The
facility will allow importers to make customs
clearance in Kathmandu and facilitate trade, officials
say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 03/03/2021)
Nepal
needs strategy, robust trade deals to graduate from
poor club, experts say : As the United Nations
recommends Nepal’s graduation from least developed
country after 2026, challenges are of sustained growth
since nation will lose existing support, by Anil
Giri (kp 28/02/2021)
Nepal
begins process to register five species of large
cardamom grown in the country : Once the species of
large cardamom, one of the most expensive spices in
the world, are registered, Nepal can claim their
ownership and patent them in the international market,
by Ananda Gautam (kp 21/02/2021)
Mobile
imports nearly double despite tattered economy : The
rise in legal imports has also been attributed to the
immobilisation of the grey market by virus
restrictions, by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/02/2021)
Nepal
spent US $2.04 billion to purchase Indian currency to
fund imports in the first six months of current FY
(rep 16/02/2021)
Novel
project seeks to promote Nepali tea in the world
market : Stakeholders expect the project, estimated to
cost around Rs175 million, to provide
significant support by way of technical assistance,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 11/02/2021)
Traders
say China imposing ‘undeclared blockade’ : Shipments
are still being held up at the northern border for
over 16 months now on the pretext of Covid-19
pandemic, much to importers’ chagrin, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 06/02/2021), Despite
promises, bilateral trade with China struggles to
bounce back : While Beijing appears to be
reluctant to open border points on different pretexts,
Nepal has failed to raise the issue strongly, much to
the disappointment of traders, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 09/02/2021), Tatopani
border point reopens after three weeks : The border
was closed on January 20 for the repair works on the
Miteri bridge that links Nepal and China, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 09/02/2021)
Cardamom
and tea exports rise (ht 05/02/2021)
Nepal
bans import of poultry products after bird flu
detected : Docs urge to take precautions (kh
31/01/2021)
Agricultural
products lead export growth : Export revenues swelled
by 15.46 percent mainly due to a rise in shipments of
cardamom, tea and medicinal plants, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 26/01/2021)
One-door
system in agro-related foreign trade implemented
(ht 25/01/2021)
Strained
infrastructure in Bhairahawa dents trade growth : More
than 700 freight trucks enter Nepal daily through
Bhairahawa, making it the country’s second busiest
transit point, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 23/01/2021)
Pursue
a country-wise trade promotion plan, study says :
According to the Department of Customs, exports made
up only 7.5 percent of the country’s total trade in
the last fiscal year, by Krishana Prasain (kp
12/01/2021)
Scared
of regional trade : While everybody is forming blocs,
South Asian countries are weirdly punishing each other,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 07/01/2021)
Govt
enforces anti-dumping regulations to check import of
substandard goods (rep 03/01/2021)
Traders
shift to exporting soybean oil as palm oil loses
lustre after India’s restriction : Soybean oil
shipments increased four and a half times to Rs13.5
billion in the first five months of the fiscal year,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 28/12/2020)
Sindhupalchok’s
coffee exports keep up despite pandemic : The district
exported more than 7 tonnes this year to Australia,
Japan and South Korea, by Anish Tiwari (kp
24/12/2020)
Trade
deficit narrows by 12.5 per cent to Rs 362.29bn
(ht 22/12/2020)
US
to support Nepal in increasing production of
exportable goods : Nepal has not been able to produce
exportable goods on a large scale (kp
18/12/2020)
DoC
begins study on import of Tesla EV (ht 14/12/2020)
Nepal
saw massive spike in food imports (rep 07/12/2020)
[This
is no wonder after the incompetent Oli government did
not allow Nepali products to be transported to markets
and consumers!]
Burdensome
barriers to trade : Non-tariff barriers and
preference erosion have complicated Nepal’s export
strategy, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 02/12/2020)
Nepal
witnesses trade surplus with 25 countries in the first
four months (rep 29/11/2020)
Traders
fear they may miss winter sales season too : The
northern border reopened in mid-October after being
closed for several months, but only a small number of
containers were allowed to pass, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/11/2020)
Lack
of uniformity creates confusion in trade data (ht
27/11/2020)
Rising
value of yuan likely to raise import cost, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/11/2020)
Higher
tea prices push up Nepal’s export earnings : Tea
exports see a steep jump of 150 percent to Rs2.18
billion. Shipments in the first quarter of the last
fiscal year amounted to Rs871 million, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 18/11/2020)
Entrepreneurs
warn of sit-in at border points with China if import
not eased (kh 10/11/2020)
Infrastructure
development lagging behind trade growth in Bhairahawa
: The column of trucks waiting to enter Nepal through
the Sunauli border is usually 10 km long, traders say,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 05/11/2020)
Nepal’s
trade deficit down 15.1 per cent in Q1 (ht
05/11/2020)
Trade
deficit narrows down nearly 25 per cent (ht
22/10/2020) [This is no wonder
with hardly any imports and exports!]
Uncertain
global trading system : In trade matters,
differences between rich and poor countries have
intensified recently, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp
19/10/2020)
Nepal
imported mobile phones worth Rs8 billion in two
months, data shows : Demand has swelled as activities
ranging from education and work to shopping are moving
online, traders say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
10/10/2020)
As
border with China is closed, Nepali carpets in
Taplejung find no market : Traditional carpets from
the district are sought after across the border for
their warmth, price, and durability, traders say,
by Ananda Gautam (kp 04/10/2020)
Lockdown
causes tea exports to soar as people stay home
guzzling the brew : Tea shipments from Nepal jumped
147 percent year-on-year in the first two months of
the fiscal year, officials say, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 02/10/2020)
Trading
via Tatopani and Rasuwagadhi still closed despite
government assurance: Importers (rep 29/09/2020)
Traders
eyeing festival sales are worried as goods remain at
Chinese borders : Almost 2,000 containers full of
clothes, electronic devices and shoes have been
stranded at two northern border points as Covid-19
protocol slows down cargo clearance, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/09/2020)
Nepal’s
orthodox tea gets its own trademark : The trademark
includes the words ‘Nepal Tea Quality from the
Himalaya’ and is the country’s first brand of agri
produce, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 24/09/2020), Tea
farmers and traders sceptical about trademark
implementation : Stakeholders highlight the system of
getting organic tea certified, which costs more
than Rs 500,000, as a major obstacle to widespread
adoption of the new brand, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp
27/09/2020)
Cabbage
exports to India hit Rs 500 million annually : The
cabbage harvest season has started in the eastern
hills, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 23/09/2020)
Trading
during a pandemic : World commerce will depend on the
agility of exporters and their ability to innovate,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 10/09/2020)
COVID
disruptions a boon for Balance of Payments : Nepal’s
balance of payments for fiscal 2019-20 is at a surplus
of 282.41 billion rupees (ht 25/08/2020) [This
is no wonder under the ban of international flights!]
Nepal
lost Rs 7 billion in exports of high value products as
virus strangles foreign trade: Shipments of listed
products in fiscal 2019-20 plunged 18.65 percent
year-on-year, according to official data, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/08/2020)
How
to be an expert exporter: These are the important
skills needed to promote exports in the
post-coronavirus world, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp
07/08/2020)
Already
struggling to meet targets, Nepal’s footwear export
numbers look at an uncertain future: Nepal exported
footwear worth Rs 2.36 billion in the fiscal year
2014-15, this declined to Rs 767 million in the fiscal
year 2019-20, by Krishana Prasain (kp 02/08/2020)
Nepal’s
overall imports have gone down but agriculture import
continues to expand, hitting record Rs 250 billion:
Experts say import-promoting policies, high production
costs, change in consumer behaviour and lack of
restrictions on import are to blame as the government
fails to support farmers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/07/2020), Go
local: The government must create a support system for
local farmers rather than continue to import agro
products (kp 29/07/2020)
Nepal’s
readymade garment sector faces Rs 1.25 billion hit as
foreign buyers cancel orders: As the garment sector
was recovering from years of downturns, the virus
pandemic has emerged as a big setback for the sector,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/07/2020)
Nepal
needs a better strategy: India’s GST helped Nepal to
shore up exports, but core competence is a concern,
by Pratim Ranjan Bose (kp 05/07/2020)
Earnings
from listed products down 18 percent as virus crushes
exports: Shipments during the first 11 months of the
fiscal year were valued at Rs 17.83 billion, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 03/07/2020)
Importers
leave piles of uncleared cargo at Sirsiya Dry Port:
The dry port is operating at three times its capacity
with 4,358 containers sitting in its premises, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 17/05/2020)
Nepal's
palm oil exports could suffer as India suspends import
licences: Shipments in the first eight months of the
current fiscal year were valued at Rs 15.35 billion,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/05/2020)
Import
Via Tatopani Resumes, by Laxman Kafle (rn
11/05/2020)
Officials
warn rise in number of cargo trucks entering Nepal
raises the risk of coronavirus: Health workers fear
the spread of Covid-19 if safety guidelines are not
followed while allowing entry to trucks, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 10/05/2020)
Lockdown
wipes out handicraft trade as exports drop to zilch:
The sector has suffered losses worth nearly Rs 2
billion in lost exports in the past two months, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 30/04/2020)
Certificate
of Origin temporarily not required in trade with India
(ht 07/04/2020)
Govt
bans imports of high-end cars, expensive edibles: The
measure is aimed at checking depletion of forex
reserve amid the threat of COVID-19, by Rajesh
Khanal (rep 31/03/2020)
Enhancing
exports to Bangladesh: Taxes levied on imports at
Bangladesh customs is primary obstacle to Nepal’s
exports. The high taxes arise from customs duty,
para-tariff and overvaluation of certain products for
customs purposes, by Kshitiz Dahal (rep
03/03/2020)
ITC
to inject $9 million to promote export of pashmina,
coffee (rep 01/03/2020)
Nepal-China
trade hit by coronavirus threat (rep 18/02/2020)
Government
may lift restriction on milk powder import (ht
16/02/2020)
Policy
instability takes its toll on herb exporters, by
Arjun Oli (rep 30/01/2020)
Exports
via Nepalgunj customs down 62%, by Arjun Oli (rep
19/01/2020)
Strategic
plan to enhance trade in the offing, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 17/01/2020)
Extra
charge by shipping companies cost Nepali importers Rs
1 billion annually, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep
15/01/2020)
India’s
ban on imports of refined palm oil could kill Nepal’s
biggest export: The restriction is believed to be
aimed at Malaysia but Nepal has been exporting palm
oil worth billions of rupees to India by exploiting a
zero-tariff facility, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/01/2020), India
says its businesses can still buy processed palm oil
from Nepal: Local traders said the Indian government’s
statement provides relief for many panic-stricken
Nepali manufacturers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/01/2020)
With
the export of everything else falling, palm oil rises
to the top: A smaller inventory, increased domestic
consumption and a slowing Indian economy could account
for the fall in exports, say experts, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 08/01/2020)
Processed
edible oils become Nepal's top export: Soybean and
palm oil shipments in the first five months of the
fiscal year were worth Rs8.58 billion, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 02/01/2020), Oily
business: Refined palm and soybean oil becoming
Nepal's largest export is worrying (kp 03/01/2020)
Trade
deficit down but government struggles to meet revenue
target (rep 02/01/2020)
Transit
Protocol with China to come into effect from February,
but there are obstacles ahead: The primary challenges
to third-country imports via Chinese ports have to do
with infrastructure in Nepal and a lack of knowledge
about Chinese processes, by Anil Giri (kp
02/01/2020)
Lack
of organic certification hits Nepal's tea exports:
Shipments were down 24 percent year-on-year to Rs1.16
billion in the first four months, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 28/12/2019)
Nepal’s
gasoline imports fall as economy slackens: Slow growth
in the construction sector and a halt in development
activities led to the decline, economists say, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 20/12/2019)
Trade
deficit narrows by 8.9pc (ht 19/12/2019)
Exports
of felt products surge by over 50 percent to Rs 1
billion: The US, European countries and Japan are the
major market for Nepali felt products, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 16/12/2019)
DoFTQC
upgrading lab to facilitate exporters (rep
16/12/2019)
Trade
deficit down 8.9 percent to Rs414 billion on plunging
imports: Imports fall for fourth straight month, but
economists say this is no cause for celebration,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2019)
Pashmina
exports in the first quarter down 27 percent:
Shipments during the period mid-July to mid-October
totalled Rs567 million, by Krishana Prasain (kp
28/11/2019)
Nepal’s
trade deficit fell 12 percent to Rs307.78 billion in
the first quarter: Reduced imports of readymade
garments and electrical equipment shaved Rs20 billion
off the trade deficit, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/11/2019), BoP
at Rs 14.43bn surplus despite fall in remittance
inflow (ht 22/11/2019)
Traders
urge export promotion to cut trade deficit with India:
Nepal has a Rs855 billion trade deficit with the
southern neighbour which is its largest trading
partner, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 20/11/2019)
Coffee
worth Rs 98 million imported in last fiscal (rep
18/11/2019)
Nepal
isn't just importing two-thirds of its needs from
India, it’s also importing inflation: With the Indian
economy slowing and the Indian rupee falling, Nepal
could face increasing pressure on its foreign exchange
reserves, by Himendra Mohan Kumar (kp 14/11/2019)
To
reduce the trade deficit, Nepal has to rely on
agriculture: In the short term, the hydropower and
agricultural sectors offer Nepal’s best hope, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 03/11/2019)
Nepal's
trade deficit in the first quarter drops to Rs307
billion: This is the third straight month imports have
fallen and export earnings have swelled, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/11/2019), Trade
deficit shrinks by 12% in first quarter, by Rajesh
Khanal (rep 02/11/2019)
Trade
deficit shrinks 3 percent in the first two months:
Officials cited wider restrictions on the import of
luxury goods and a rise in exports for the drop,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 25/10/2019)
Import
of industrial raw material decreases (rep
24/10/2019)
BoP
records surplus of Rs 6 bn after over a year (ht
25/09/2019), Trade
deficit down 11.5 percent in the first month of the
fiscal year: Experts say the trade figures could have
been manipulated to paint a rosy picture, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/09/2019)
Foreign
exchange reserves decline for the first time in 10
years, reducing import ability by half: Four years
ago, Nepal had enough reserves to sustain the imports
for 14.1 months, but now that number has reduced to
just 7.8 months, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/09/2019)
Export
of Nepali readymade garment hits 13-year high: The
country exported readymade garment worth Rs6.34
billion in the last fiscal year, the highest in over a
decade, by Krishana Prasain (kp 16/09/2019)
Misguided
attempts at cutting the trade deficit: The aim should
be to promote productive sectors, not impose
restrictions on ordinary Nepalis (kp 10/09/2019)
Surging
trade deficit is cause for concern, but it could be
turned into opportunities: There are several areas
where Nepal can cash in on to boost domestic
businesses, analysts say, by Rajnesh Khanal (kp
08/09/2019)
External
sector worsening despite economic growth : Pressure is
building on BOP (rep 05/09/2019)
Wanted:
Maximum tailwind of exports, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 03/09/2019), Develop
export plans: Nepal must explore new areas of
investment that can help boost our exports and create
job opportunities here (ht 04/09/2019)
Nepali
footwear losing charm, export drops 27 percent: Local
manufacturers have been focusing on expanding their
domestic market share while putting low focus on
export , by Krishana Prasain (kp 02/09/2019)
Kolkata
port improve services as other Indian ports court
Nepali traders, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep
02/09/2019)
Government
starts operation of its own CFS in Kolkata (ht
31/08/2019)
Nepali
export products being priced out of the market:
Revenues from exports of five of the nine listed
products dropped in the last fiscal year, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 28/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry proposes check on power consumption by
businesses: The ministry made the move in a bid to
encourage usage of energy-efficient technology,
machines and equipment to reduce energy imports and
curb emissions, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/08/2019)
Vegetable
and rice worth Rs 15 billion imported through
Bhairahawa, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 22/08/2019)
Geographical
indications for export promotion: Nepal may not
compete in international trade on scale, but it does
have unique products to sell, by Madhu K. Marasini
(kp 21/08/2019)
Ministry
moves to expand the export basket to trim trade
deficit: The widening trade deficit has hit foreign
currency reserves, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
21/08/2019)
Nepal
and Bhutan poised to sign trade agreement: Analysts
doubt the deal will boost trade much due to Nepal's
small export basket, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
15/08/2019)
With
festival season approaching, sugar traders lobby for
an extension on import restrictions: The sugar
industry consistently asks for an import restriction
so that it can raise prices during the festival
season, citing a shortage, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
14/08/2019)
Millennials
rack up huge import bill for packed food items:
According to the Population Census 2011, about
one-third of the country’s population is in the age
group of 20-40 years, by Krishana Prasain (kp
04/08/2019)
Imports
Increasing through Vizag port, by Nikeeta Gautam
(rep 03/08/2019)
Trade
deficit balloons to Rs 1.32 trillion (rep
30/07/2019)
Vehicle,
petroleum worth Rs 47 billion imported via Bhairahawa
(rep 30/07/2019)
Nepal’s
trade potential hindered by poor trade logistics,
analysts say: Traders face numerous hurdles while
transporting goods through Indian land, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 29/07/2019)
Problems
galore in export of medicinal herbs to India, by
Arjun Oli (rep 29/07/2019)
India-Nepal
logistics summit: Investment, trade with India govt’s
top priority (ht 29/07/2019), Call
to improve competitiveness of Nepali products to bring
down trade deficit, by Nikeeta Gautam (rep
29/07/2019)
Maize
worth 71 billion imported in 10 years, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (kp 24/07/2019)
Korean
companies interested to import spring water from Nepal,
by Nikeeta Gautam (rep 22/07/2019)
Visakhapatnam
overtakes Kolkata in handling Nepal-bound cargo:
Visakhapatnam pulling Nepali traders with efficiency
and higher capacity, by Shankar Acharya (kp
21/07/2019)
Nepal’s
rising trade deficit takes toll on country’s foreign
currency reserves: The trade deficit grew 17 percent
in the first 11 months of the last fiscal year, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/07/2019)
Country
records BoP deficit of Rs 90.83 bn (ht 20/07/2019)
Export
of refined palm oil soars (ht 20/07/2019)
Certificate
of Origin to be issued online (rep 20/07/2019)
Quantitative
restriction on sugar import lifted (ht
19/07/2019), As
the festival season approaches, sugar producers once
again demand restrictions on import: This is a pattern
that repeats every year, where import restrictions
cause prices to rise, benefiting producers who have
hoarded sugar, analysts say, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
19/07/2019)
Govt
enforces online consignment tracking system: Private
sector leaders skeptical about effective
implementation (rep 18/07/2019), Tarai
industrialists join protest against VCTS (ht
22/07/2019)
Discrepancy
calls trade data credibility into question, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 18/07/2019)
Country’s
export rises by 19.2 pc (ht 14/07/2019), Export
revenues from listed products inch up 2.7 percent,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 14/07/2019)
Govt
allows import of restricted commodities that had
initiated due process (rep 14/07/2019)
Int'l
shipping firms court importers as trade volume goes up,
by Ritesh Tripathy (rep 08/07/2019)
Govt
prohibits export, import of various goods: The
government has fully banned import of plastic bags
less than 30 micron (ht 07/07/2019)
India
tightens Nepal’s tea exports, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 06/07/2019) [???]
India
expresses concern over chemical testing requirements:
Lack of properly equipped labs leaves imported fruits
and vegetables rotting at the border, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 05/07/2019), MoICS
revokes decision to check pesticides in veggie imports,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/07/2019), Nepal
revokes pesticide tests for fruits, vegetables under
Indian pressure (rep 06/07/2019), ‘Don’t
revoke decision to test pesticides in imported
vegetables’ (ht 07/07/2019)
Imports
surge via Rasuwagadhi customs point: Readymade
garment, apple, footwear, bags and spectacles were the
major items imported, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
01/07/2019)
Trade
deficit balloons toRs 1,212 billion in eleven months
(rep 29/06/2019)
Only
five trucks have crossed the Tatopani border since its
reopening: Chinese side has imposed a host of
restrictions, pointing to unresolved issues by the
Nepal government, traders say, by Rajesh Khanal
and Anil Giri (kp 28/06/2019)
Trade
deficit surges 17.4 percent year-on-year to Rs1.21
trillion, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 28/06/2019), Trade
deficit at Rs 1.21 trillion in first 11 months
(ht 28/06/2019)
Total
exports growing, except to China (rep 23/06/2019),
Earnings
from exports to China plunge 29 percent: Shipments in
the first 10 months of the fiscal year were valued at
Rs1.78 billion, by Krishana Prasain (kp
24/06/2019)
BoP
under pressure as trade deficit widens (ht
20/06/2019)
Tatopani
tales: Ropening of the Tatopani trade route will
facilitate and ease imports between Nepal and China,
but the country is yet to exploit benefits from trade
ties by increasing exports (ht 16/06/2019)
Cash
incentive for exports to India27 products, including
vegetables, fruits, footwear products and cardamom, to
enjoy the facility (ht 12/06/2019)
Nepal-India
to amend transit, trade treaties, RSANepali importers
of third-country goods to save Rs 7 billion annually,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 10/06/2019)
Friendship
bridge in Rasuwagadhi comes into operation, by Balram
Ghimire (kp 07/06/2019)
Nepal’s
trade gap: Serious adjustment needed, by Shanker
Man Singh (ht 30/05/2019)
Nepal-China
trade set to surge with Tatopani Customs re-opening,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 29/05/2019)
Nepal
buys Rs 394 billion Indian rupees to pay for soaring
imports, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/05/2019)
BoP
at Rs 64.68 billion deficit as imports cross one
trillion rupees mark (ht 20/05/2019)
Stylish
foreign furniture invades Nepali homes, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 11/05/2019)
Trade
deficit jumps 22 percent to over Rs 990b in first nine
months, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 10/05/2019), Trade
deficit balloons to Rs 992 billion in Q3: Nepal enjoys
trade surplus with only two dozen countries out of 151
trading partners (rep 10/05/2019)
Cereal
import bill hits record high despite bumper harvests,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/05/2019)
China
deal offers Nepal more options for third country trade,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp08/05/2019), Signing
of protocol with China to help diversify country’s
trade (ht 08/05/2019)
DoSMPC
takes action against 119 traders (ht 01/05/2019)
Sugar
import restrictions extended till mid-July, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 30/04/2019)
Nepal’s
gasoline consumption almost doubles in five years,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/04/2019)
Tatopani
border point to reopen in May, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 28/04/2019), Tatopani
trade route to reopen in mid-June, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 29/04/2019)
Private
sector urges government to regulate imports through
budget (ht 25/04/2019)
Tea
export down in first eight months of fiscal year
(ht 25/04/2019)
Automobile
imports down 13pc to Rs18.73b, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 21/04/2019)
Pashmina
export revenues falling despite government incentives,
by Rajesh Khanal(kp 20/04/2019)
Exports
to China drop by 27 per cent (ht 18/04/2019)
Trade
deficit swells 24.5pc to Rs 887.88b as imports surge,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 17/04/2019), Trade
deficit remains cause for concern (ht 17/04/2019),
External
sector position continues to worsen: BoP slips into
deficit of Rs 58.99 billion (rep 17/04/2019)
Ports
of
trade: Nepal must utilise the Chinese ports to give a
boost to third country trade and reduce the ballooning
trade deficit (ht 11/04/2019)
Nepal
International Trade Fair opens in Kathmandu (kp
29/03/2019)
Footwear
imports double as domestic exports stagnate, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 23/03/2019)
New
rule to encourage use of electronic cargo tracking
system, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/03/2019)
Rasuwa
Customs meets revenue collection target 4 months early,
by Balram Ghimire (kp 16/03/2019)
Traders
using Integrated Check Post over traditional customs
point in Birgunj, by Shankar Acharya (kp 10/03/2019)
Incentive
fails to rev up export revenues from listed products,
by Rajesh Khanal (ht 25/02/2019)
Traders
urge improvement of Nepal-Bangladesh customs process,
by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 24/02/2019)
Where
we
failed on trade: Major trade routes Nepal struggles to
open with China today were customary trade routes to
travel and supply goods to Tibet and vice-versa, by
Bipin Ghimire (rep 24/02/2019)
Govt
to introduce anti-dumping, countervailing measures,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 22/02/2019)
Cabinet
approves anti-dumping bill: It will prevent firms from
exporting obsolete and substandard products, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 16/02/2019)
Govt
raises export cash incentive to 5%: Listed goods
exported to India also eligible for cash incentive now
(rep 16/02/2019)
Nepal
blew Rs103b on fuel in first six months, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 15/02/2019), External
sector position worsens further (rep 15/02/2019)
Transshipment
modality, electronic cargo tracking to be implemented
from today, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/02/2019)
BoP
deficit widens to Rs 63.7 billion (ht 14/02/2019)
India
rejects request to remove import quotas, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 12/02/2019)
Government
to
tighten gold trade: Inland Revenue Department is
working on a directive that will make it mandatory for
gold traders to ask their customers for personal
details, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/02/2019)
Imported
sugar
trickles into market after being stranded at Dry Port:
The government imposed quantitative restriction on
imported sugar nearly five months ago to protect
domestic sugar producers who complained about the low
price of imports, by Shankar Acharya (kp
06/02/2019)
Trade
tensions: Oli’s pitching to investors at Davos is
futile without creating a trading environment, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 28/01/2019)
Transshipment
privileges in Kolkata from Feb 15: Move is expected to
reduce the cost of trading for Nepali traders, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/01/2019)
Tighter
checks for importers producing fake documents: Customs
Department, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 24/01/2019)
In
defence of protectionism Nepal has to limit imports to
cut the swelling trade deficit and help domestic
industry, by Siddharth Poddar (kp 23/01/2019)
Export
diversification: Must to reduce trade deficit, by
Bhubanesh Pant (ht 22/01/2019)
Coffee
imports value 42pc more than value of exports, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/01/2019)
Nepal’s
outflow of money heavily outweighs inflows, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/01/2019), Forex
reserve fall continues as import bill continues to
rise: Forex kitty dips $79 million in five months
(rep 19/01/2019)
Import
of mobile phones plunge 16.19 percent, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Nepal
bought cars valued at Rs18b in ’18, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 08/01/2019)
Trade
deficit widening due to luxury goods imports: Ministry,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 07/01/2019)
Unsustainable
Import-led Economy, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
04/01/2019)
Right
concept, wrong approach: Export subsidies and import
control measures are inadequate to beat the trade
deficit, by Bijendra Man Shadkya (kp 02/01/2019)
Trade
deficit yawns to Rs570b, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
01/01/2019)
Government
hikes export cash incentives to 5 percent, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 29/12/2018)
Trade
deficit balloons to Rs 569 billion in first five
months (rep 28/12/2018)
Panel
to explore measures to check swelling imports, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 20/12/2018)
Govt
taking steps to address rising trade deficit (ht
19/12/2018)
Profiles
of exportable goods being created province-wise,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/12/2018)
Export
of
herbs via Gaddachauki surge: Earlier, traders used to
export the local herbs produced in the hills of the
Far Western districts via Nepalgunj-Rupaidiya customs
point, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 17/12/2018)
Nepal’s
jute exports to India hit Rs1.66 billion, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 16/12/2018)
Nepal
can quadruple exports, says World Bank (kp
15/12/2018), Economic
woes aboundIt is logical to examine whether Nepal’s
affiliation with the WTO has benefitted it, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 05/12/2018)
Nepal
gets poor marks at Trade Policy Review in Geneva,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 05/12/2018)
Export
cash incentive to be raised to 5 percent, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 04/12/2018)
Fuel
import bill hits Rs69b in 4 months, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 01/12/2018)
Nepal’s
trade deficit balloons: Fuel, agro imports reach Rs
483.75b, export earnings at Rs 29.28b, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 30/11/2018), Trade
deficit touches Rs 454b in 1st four months (rep
30/11/2018)
Exports
of NTIS products rise 7.2pc in first quadrimester
(ht 30/11/2018)
‘WTO
trade privileges still underutilised’, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 30/11/2018)
Trade
Diplomacy Under Globalisation, by GP Acharya (rn
26/11/2018)
Footwear
imports outweigh exports, by Krishana Prasain (kp
20/11/2018)
Nepal’s
Trade Deficit, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
12/11/2018)
How
can
we improve our export? It is difficult to find
international market for Nepali products because of
our small scale production, lower quality and higher
price, by Suman Kumar Regmi (rep 04/11/2018)
Business
hurdles: Importers complain about delay in issuing
paperwork, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 29/10/2018)
Bamboo
stools worth Rs 3 million exported to China, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 29/10/2018)
Trade
deficit rises to Rs 350b in first quarter: Exports
stood at only Rs 23.74 billion (rep 26/10/2018), Trade
deficit swells to Rs 349.84b in Q1 (kp 27/10/2018)
Construction
of ICD Timure to begin from October-end (ht
14/10/2018)
51,680
vehicles imported via Birgunj, by Shanker Acharya
(kp 12/10/2018)
Nepali
pashmina,
coffee export disappoints: As part of the government’s
Nepal Trade and Integration Strategy 2016, coffee and
pashmina were identified as high priority goods for
export (kp 11/10/2018)
Trading
through
China: A transit agreement with China was a long time
coming. Nepal should have pursued one in the aftermath
of the 1989-90 blockade by India, by Paras Kharel
(rep 02/10/2018)
Cut
imports, cut deficit: The runaway trade deficit cannot
be checked without radical steps to reduce imports,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 01/10/2018)
Heavy
equipment firms strike gold in Nepal: Imports of the
machinery used in road and construction have surged
year on year, by Krishana Prasain (kp 19/09/2018)
Export
of
Nepali handicrafts fall by 3 percent: India and China
produce handicraft products at a much larger scale for
the international market, which means the prices are
comparatively lower than Nepal’s handicraft goods (kp
09/09/2018)
Goods
for Teej remain stuck in Kerung due to lack of
containers, by Himnath Devkota (rep 09/09/2018)
Cargo
volume at Birgunj ICP increases sharply, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 08/09/2018)
China
allows Nepal access to its ports: The pact on Transit
and Transportation protocol ends Indian trade monopoly,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/09/2018), Nepal
set to get access to seven China ports (rep
08/09/2018) [What does this
mean if there are no functioning roads on Nepali
territory? The govt has not been able to repair the
road via Kodari even three and a half years after the
earthquake!], Traders:
Access to China’s ports not a magic bullet, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 09/09/2018), No
more in dependence: The trade and transit agreement
with China ends Nepal’s dependence on India (kp
10/09/2018) [Without
functioning transit routes?], Road
to trade with China begins now (rep 10/09/2018)
Construction
of country’s major trade route delayed, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 08/09/2018)
Untangling
the
trade deficit: To lessen the trade deficit, the
government should also encourage the export of
processed products instead of exporting unprocessed
items, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 07/09/2018)
Nepal,
China
to study Tatopani border: Move to revive customs
office; Dry port construction picks up pace with 50
percent of Customs building, warehouse and parking
complete; The project will build a border inspection
building, cargo warehouse, litigation-warehouse, a
parking lot with a capacity of accommodating at
least 158 large containers and 33 cars (kp
02/09/2018), Customs
office in Tatopani ‘could start in one year’: Dry port
construction to complete by May 2019, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 05/09/2018)
Trade
deficit in first month of Fiscal Year rises to Rs
113.69 billion (rep 02/09/2018)
Imports
surge 57.18pc, trade deficit crosses Rs 100bn (ht
31/08/2018)
Government
revises tariff rates on goods (kp 30/08/2018)
Nepal
spent
Rs170b on gasoline last year: NRB; Despite reduced
load-shedding hours, oil imports continued to soar,
further widening the trade deficit, officials said
(kp 28/08/2018)
Birgunj
Inland Container Depot gets much needed upgrade
(kp 27/08/2018)
Share
of imports through Birgunj dry port drops to 10.5 per
cent (ht 26/08/2018)
Smuggling
of peppers thrive after betel nuts, by Parbat
Portel (kp 23/08/2018)
Trade
deficit soared to Rs1.16t in last fiscal (kp
22/08/2018)
Middlemen
in veggie trade to be eliminated , by Krishana
Prasain(kp 22/08/2018)
Chinese
traders eying Nepali cardamom, by Khagendra
Adhikari (rep 20/08/2018)
Beverage
imports on the rise: Import of beverages to the
country is increasing with every passing year., by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 20/08/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
trade route remains shut due to bridge damage, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 19/08/2018)
Alcohol
imports decline as domestic production ramps up:
According to Surya Sedai, chief of customs office, the
increasing reliability of domestic alcohol and price
hikes of international alcohol brands were the main
reasons for falling imports of alcohol in the country,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 18/08/2018)
Integrated
Check
Post in Birgunj set for expansion; The four-month-old
facility is unable to handle the volume of commerce
passing through, by Shankar Acharya (kp
16/08/2018)
Imports
from India: NRB makes LC mandatory for imports of over
IRs 50 million (rep 15/08/2018)
Trade
deficit: Economic woes are not a priority for the
political class on both sides of the aisle, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 07/08/2018), Agro
products import bill crosses Rs200b, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 07/08/2018)
Black
pepper imports through Birgunj jump six-fold, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 06/08/2018)
Import
of auto-rickshaw via Birgunj up by 74 percent, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 05/08/2018)
Delivery
of Nepal-bound cargo to Jogbani via rail to continue
(ht 02/08/2018)
Vehicle
imports via Sirsiya ICD surge 31pc, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 01/08/2018)
Cargo
delays: Issues in logistics management stifle Nepal’s
trade potential (kp 30/07/2018)
Tea
for global market: As Nepal has increasingly been
exporting tea, it must strive to develop it as a brand,
by Nanu Jha (kp 29/07/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
border point closed down, by Himnath Devkota (rep
29/07/2018)
Traders
exploring Japanese markets for fresh ginger (kp
27/07/2018)
Nepal’s
trade deficit with Bangladesh grows: Nepal used to
have a trade surplus with Bangladesh just recently in
2014, by Parbat Postel (kp 27/07/2018)
A
post mortem of Nepal’s garment boom: Mallika Shakya’s
new book 'Death of an Industry' holds important
lessons for the country’s trade, by Sewa Bhattarai
(nt 27/07/2018)
Nepal
jumps up 10 spots in logistic performance index
(kp 26/07/2018), Nepal
makes progress in World Bank's logistics performance
index (rep 26/07/2018)
Trade
activities gaining momentum at Birgunj ICP (rep
23/07/2018)
Black
pepper imports via Birgunj jump seven-fold to Rs5b,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 23/07/2018)
Congestion
plagues
Sirsiya Dry Port: With nearly 700 containers waiting
to be cleared and a further 900 more on its way, the
Dry Port is likely to choke under the strain, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 22/07/2018)
Exports
to China rise substantially (ht 22/07/2018)
Trade
of NTIS products up (ht 22/07/2018)
Vehicle
imports via ICP, Birgunj customs soar (kp
22/07/2018)
Export
earnings from NTIS goods swell 10 percent, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 21/07/2018)
Railborne
imports through dry port up 25 percent (rep
20/07/2018)
Yawning
trade deficit: It’s hurting our economy, by Rohan
Byanjankar (ht 18/07/2018)
Escaping
the trade trap: The budget statement was vague about
actions to cut Nepal’s trade deficit with India,
by Jagadish Prasad Bist and Aadersh Joshi (kp
12/07/2018)
Lentil
imports through Sirsiya jump twofold, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 10/07/2018)
Cereal
import bill hits new record high of Rs41 billion,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/07/2018), Binging
on foreign food: It is worrying that our cereal import
bill is higher than the farm budget of Rs40 billion
(kp 10/07/2018)
Furniture
worth Rs 18b imported annually (rep 09/07/2018)
Nepal’s
trade deficit surges to record Rs1 trillion (kp
05/07/2018)
Lack
of irrigation infrastructure holding back export
potential: Two-thirds of arable land lacks irrigation
infrastructure, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
01/07/2018)
High
customs tariff likely to have negative impact on WTO
review (ht 26/06/2018)
700
Nepali containers stuck in Kolkata, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 25/06/2018)
Indian
delegation discuss ways to boost trade (kp
21/06/2018)
Birgunj
ICP fails to please importers, by Ritesh Tripathi
(rep 21/06/2018)
Supply-side
Constraints in Nepal’s Export, by Suman Kumar
Regmi (rn 20/06/2018)
Ilam
tea becoming a popular drink in Japan, by Biplav
Bhattarai (kp 20/06/2018)
Nepal
and transit: Despite the distance, Visakhapatnam
offers lower end-to-end cost for Nepali traders,
by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 13/06/2018)
Fuel
import bill balloons to all-time high of Rs131.93b
(kp 12/06/2018)
Trade
with Tibet to remain open even during monsoon, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 12/06/2018)
Exports
to China nearly doubled: NRB (kp 11/06/2018)
Alarming
Scenario of Trade Deficit, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
11/06/2018)
Skyrocketing
imports exert pressure on current account, forex
reserves (ht 11/06/2018)
Lack
of consulate at Vizag delays shipments: More than
1,400 containers are stuck at the port in India due to
paperwork hassles, by Shankar Acharya (kp
09/06/2018)
Maersk
Line
opens new office in Kathmandu: For over last two
decades, Maersk Line has been providing shipping and
logistical solutions to Nepali traders via its network
in India (kp 08/06/2018)
Imports
should promote production, says finance minister
(ht 08/06/2018)
Bangladesh
to revise list of duty free products, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 02/06/2018), Nepal,
B’desh agree to conclude BIPPA soon (ht
02/06/2018)
Nepal
asks Bangladesh to simplify trade procedures: Nepal
has long been asking Bangladesh for easy visa facility
for Nepalis, preferential treatment for a number of
Nepali goods and access to Bangladeshi ports (kp
31/05/2018)
Four-wheeler
imports surge by twofold, by Shankar Acharya (kp
28/05/2018)
Firms
seek protectionist measures as imports rise unabated,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 28/05/2018)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade talks to focus on barriers: Nepal will ask
Bangladesh to address hurdles to exporting acrylic
yarn to Bangladesh and review the list of 108 Nepali
products which have duty free access to the Bangladesh
market, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/05/2018)
Widening
Gap: The data released by TEPC shows that Nepal’s
trade deficit widens by 21.5% to Rs 815.26 billion in
nine months (sp 25/05/2018)
Govt
to discourage import of finished agro goods, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 23/05/2018)
Export
to China via Rasuwagadhi doubles in nine months,
by Ayam Shrestha (rep 21/05/2018)
Toward
better
economy: Nepal’s economy would have long collapsed
without remittances for imports have sky-rocketed
while exports continue to plummet, by Kedar
Neupane (rep 16/05/2018)
Gasoline
imports jump to Rs117b in first 9 months (kp
12/05/2018), Fuel
import bill climbs 34%: Trade deficit widens by 21.5%
to Rs 815.26 billion in nine months (rep
12/05/2018)
Kanchanpur
veggie farmers export Rs1 million worth of produce
daily, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 05/05/2018)
Experts
urge diversifying country’s trade routes (ht
01/05/2018)
Nepal,
India agree to amend transit treaty to facilitate
Nepal’s trade (rep 30/04/2018)
Biratnagar
trials Nepal’s second cargo train route, by Madhav
Ghimire (kp 27/04/2018)
Stronger
dollar to affect BoP situation (ht 27/04/2018)
CONCOR
starts
ferrying Nepal-bound cargo containers to Jogbani: The
move is expected to lower transportation cost for
Nepali traders (ht 26/04/2018)
Tea,
coffee top country’s exports list (rep 26/04/2018)
Kailali
imports veggie worth Rs500m annually, by Mohan
Budhayer (kp 24/04/2018)
Fuel
import bill surges by 40 percent, by Ayam Shrestha
(rep 24/04/2018)
Biratnagar
becomes largest export gateway of the country (rep
23/04/2018)
Nepal
records BoP deficit of Rs24.7 billion (kp
22/04/2018)
Nepal
exports Rs2b of tea (kp 20/04/2018)
Sugar
import surges by over 80 percent, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 19/04/2018)
Piles
of uncleared cargo choke Birgunj dry port, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 18/04/2018)
Trade
experts debate fourth industrial revolution (ht
04/04/2018)
Non-tariff
barriers holding back Nepal’s export trade, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 29/03/2018)
Large
cardamom tops list of agro exports (kp 28/03/2018)
Earnings
from exports to China surge 72pc (kp 25/03/2018)
3rd
International Women's Trade Expo kicks off: Women
entrepreneurs of 30 districts are participating in the
expo (rep 23/03/2018)
Govt
studying ways to cut redtape to boost exports (kp
22/03/2018)
Study
reveals widespread underinvoicing in exports (kp
21/03/2018), Under-invoicing
in carpet export to China costing Nepal dear, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 21/03/2018), Underinvoicing
raises tax avoidance, money laundering concerns,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 21/03/2018)
Demand
for Basmati spikes rice import bill by 21pc to Rs17b
(kp 19/03/2018)
Importers
delay customs clearance citing controls (kp
18/03/2018)
Tea
talk: Technical skills of tea farmers and producers
must be enhanced to boost exports (kp 13/03/2018)
Diplomatic
channels to be explored to boost exports, says finance
minister (ht 13/03/2018)
3rd
International Women’s Trade Expo from March 22
(rep 13/03/2018)
Qatari
investors keen in importing mineral water: Qatar
mainly imports mineral-mixed bottled water from France
and Italy (kp 08/03/2018)
Nepali
ginger traders eye Italy as potential market, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 07/03/2018)
Nepal
International Trade Fair to kick off in capital
tomorrow (ht 07/03/2018), 7th
Nepal International Trade Fair underway (kp
09/03/2018)
Nepal’s
Chyangra Pashmina logo okayed by 47 countries (kp
06/03/2018)
Exporters
trained on import rules and market preferences of
China (ht 04/03/2018)
Import
of cement falls, clinker rises, by Santosh Neupane
(rep 01/03/2018)
Consultation
meeting on Trade Policy Review held (kp
27/02/2018)
Nepal
begins second Trade Policy Review (kp 20/02/2018)
Hunt
on for new ports: Current ports being used by Nepali
traders are either congested or unsuitable, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/02/2018)
Ginger
in a pickle: Understanding export rules, by Rajan
Sharma and Sudhir Shrestha (ht 16/02/2018)
Nepal
to discuss trade barriers at IGC meet, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 14/02/2018)
Export
basket to India witnesses changes in new tax regime
(ht 14/02/2018)
Dhamra
port an option for third-country trade, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 12/02/2018)
Agro
products lead increase in exports (kp 09/02/2018)
Anti-transit
fraud system: Officials discuss installation of cargo
tracking system (kp 08/02/2018)
Pilferage
control: Cargo tracking system to be installed ‘soon’
(kp 06/02/2018)
Dependence
on foreign farm goods spinning out of control, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/02/2018)
Govt
decides to scrap National Trading Limited
(30/01/2018), Fuel
trade with China in doubt as govt shuts NTL (ht
01/02/2018)
Nepal’s
lentil import up, by Parbat Portel (kp 30/01/2018)
Nepal
Int’l Trade Fair to begin on March 8 (kp
25/01/2018)
Nepali
traders face hassles in ginger export to India once
again (ht 25/01/2018)
Highest
BoP deficit after 2010-11 (ht 18/01/2018), Oil,
autos top import list as deficit swells (kp
19/01/2018), Nepal’s
export to India takes a steep dive (ht 19/01/2018)
Trade
through eastern region declines again, by Binod
Subedi (rep 15/01/2018)
Cabinet
okays ECTS modality (ht 14/01/2018), Testing
of ECTS begins (ht 16/01/2018)
Trade
deficit
balloons to Rs 398.76 billion: Trade deficit of first
five months of this fiscal is more than total annual
import bill of the country eight years ago (ht
10/01/2018)
Raw
materials imports soar on building boom, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 09/01/2018)
Nepal
to use brand new logo to promote tea abroad, by
Biplav Bhattarai (kp 08/01/2018), Collective
trademark for Nepali orthodox tea (ht 12/01/2018)
How
Nepal’s trade cost could be minimised (ht
07/01/2018)
Trade
deficit widens to Rs 310 billion (ht 24/12/2017),
Trade
deficit jumps 12 percent in 1st quadrimester (rep
24/12/2017)
Restrictive
trade policies increasing production cost: WB
recommends slashing tariff on capital goods, raw
materials (ht 22/12/2017)
Govt
explores sanctions-hit Qatar to export agri produces
(kp 12/12/2017), Capitalising
on the gulf: Nepal should capitalise on
opportunity presented by Qatar to boost
international trade (kp 13/12/2017)
TEPC
to launch e-commerce platform targeting SMEs (kp
08/12/2017)
Clinker
import bill surges 33 percent, by Shanker Acharya
(kp 08/12/2017)
Barriers
make life difficult for ginger exporters (kp
02/12/2017)
Close,
yet so far: Deepening of economic integration in South
Asia is not possible without expansion of
intra-regional trade, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp
30/11/2017)
Govt
to launch white paper on ballooning trade deficit
(kp 30/11/2017)
Nepal
must ‘push for proper implementation’ of WTO
provisions (kp 29/11/2017)
Commodity
traders
allowed to trade in 6 types of goods: Agricultural
products include 23 goods like cotton, cardamom,
chilli, cashew nut, paddy, sugarcane, buckwheat,
mustard, potato, ginger, fruit and fruit juice (kp
28/11/2017)
Despite
hassles, traders stick to Kolkata port (ht
26/11/2017)
Income
from high export potential products drops: Trade
hurdles and middlemen’s involvement to blame
(kp 25/11/2017)
Touting
trade tricks: Resources meant for boosting trade
should be directed towards the real beneficiaries,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 08/11/2017)
Nepal’s
BoP
in deficit, again: The BoP deficit of Rs5.9 billion
indicates Nepal needs to find more ways to earn
foreign currency, otherwise foreign exchange reserve
will come under pressure (kp 30/10/2017), NRB
paints bleak economic picture (ht 30/10/2017), Current
account deficit soars to Rs 17.88 billion (rep
30/10/2017)
Shoot
oneself in the foot: Nepal needs to put more energy
into boosting exports to check the rising trade
deficit, by Suresh Neupane (kp 27/10/2017)
Nepali
pashmina
support project likely to be extended: ITC has hinted
that the extended programme will focus on improving
backward linkages that will include supporting
chyangra farmers in the mountainous regions (kp
20/10/2017)
Delay
and hassles in Indian transit raise Nepal’s cost of
trade (ht 18/10/2017)
‘Half
of Nepali exports face non-tariff barriers’ (kp
14/10/2017)
Govt
to launch export strategy of four products (ht
12/10/2017), National
Sector Export Strategies launched: Aims to promote
export competitiveness of cardamom, handmade paper,
tea and coffee (ht 14/10/2017), Govt
launches product-specific strategies to enhance
export: Strategies for 190 activities to be
implemented in five years (rep 14/10/2017)
Govt
urges industries to enhance quality of products to
boost trade (ht 12/10/2017), Improve
quality:
Some products of Nepal such as ginger, pashmina and
medicinal and aromatic herbs have much potentials and
are of high quality meeting stringent needs of
importers (ht 13/10/2017)
Exporters
urged to diversify as per market trends (kp
11/10/2017)
Imports
via Rasuwagadhi soar 51 percent in 2mths, by
Balaram Ghimire (kp 27/09/2017)
Rs
70.6bn trade deficit in first month (ht
23/09/2017), Nepal’s
first BoP deficit in 11 months (kp 23/09/2017)
Messing
around: It is not likely that export will expand and
diversify through paltry cash subsidies to exporters,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 21/09/2017)
Nepal
enjoys trade surplus with only 18 countries (ht
20/09/2017)
Failing
on
trade: The first month of the current fiscal alone saw
trade deficit of Rs 80 billion, which comes to around
Rs 2.67 billion per day, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep
18/09/2017
Trade
through Biratnagar border point resumes, by Dev
Narayan Shah (kp 11/09/2017)
Harmonizing
of rules discourages informal trade between Nepal and
India, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 11/09/2017)
Bill
of export mandatory for imports of over Rs 5,000 from
India (ht 10/09/2017)
Trade
talks: All the loopholes must be plugged before
raising export cash incentive (kp 05/09/2017)
Detour
routes raise costs (kp 01/09/2017)
Heavy
equipment imports soar on rising demand (kp
31/08/2017)
Trade
deficit surges to Rs 79.99bn in first month (ht
31/08/2017)
Keep
calm and trade on: What effects the introduction of
GST in India will have on Nepal remains to be seen,
by Samridhi Pant (kp 29/08/2017)
Export
cash incentive to be hiked to 4 pc (kp 29/08/2017)
Decreasing
exports: Reduce tariffs, by Ram Khadka (ht
29/08/2017)
Agro
import bill close to hitting Rs200b mark: The
country’s dependency on imported food has been
ballooning out of control, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/08/2017)
Bhairahawa
border point: Heightened security hits Nepal-India
trade, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 08/08/2017)
Low
capex spending and widening trade deficit, by
Saurav Bhasyal (ht 06/08/2017)
Nepal's
third country trade: 96 percent of containers bringing
import goods return empty, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep
01/08/2017)
Rasuwagadhi-Kerung
border point: Nepal, China trade set to normalise soon
(kp 01/08/2017)
Enhancement
of competitive edge must, says commerce minister
(ht 30/07/2017)
Unusual
Indian security check hits Nepal’s trade, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 26/07/2017), Traffic
congestion at Bhairahawa eased, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 27/07/2017)
Third
country imports up as traders diversify (kp
25/07/2017)
No
additional fee on Nepal's third-country trade from GST:
India (rep 20/07/2017)
Emerging
transit dynamics: Private sector ports are making
attractive offers to Nepali overseas traders, by
Achyur Wagle (kp 19/07/2017)
Exponential
import growth backs revenue collection (ht
19/07/2017)
Govt
fails
to impose VAT on stockbrokers (kp 17/07/2017)
India
to
compensate Nepali traders affected by GST, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/07/2017)
Sluggish
export:
The government must create conditions in which farmers
and producers can export their goods at competitive
prices (ht 10/07/2017)
Export
of
NTIS products declines: Govt's target of increasing
trade of priority products may be unmet (kp
09/07/2017)
Nepal
imports
13 times more than it exports (kp 08/07/2017)
Nepali
traders
scramble to make sense of GST, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 02/07/2017), Nepal’s
trade
volume takes a hit (ht 04/07/2017), India’s
GST
slows down Nepal’s imports, exports (kp
05/07/2017)
Stakeholders
urge
promotion of inland waterways for trade (ht
30/06/2017)
Legume
imports
reach Rs5b in first 11 months, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 23/06/2017)
New
rules
weigh heavy on courier service providers: Imported
medical equipment, other essential goods at Tribhuvan
International Airport, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
23/06/2017)
Export
earnings
from NTIS products drop (kp 17/06/2017)
Trade
deficit widens to Rs 746 billion (rep 17/06/2017)
Cement
import
from India doubles: Demand up but domestic plants
running below capacity (ht 15/06/2017)
Shipping
liners
start issuing combined bill of lading via Vizag
(ht 14/06/2017)
Nepal
Coffee
trademark listed in 7 more markets: The brand is in
the process of being registered in Australia and the
US, as per the association. The government has so far
spent Rs5 million on the registration process (kp
11/06/2017)
DoC
urges
traders to obtain IE code (ht 06/06/2017)
The
Quagmire Of Trade Deficit, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
05/06/2017), Nepal’s
trade
deficit with S Asian countries widens to Rs444b,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 05/06/2017)
Pashmina
exports
down 6.8 percent due to lower demand in Europe, by
Aagat Ruchi Sapkota (kp 28/05/2017)
Imports
of
telecom goods surge 42pc (kp 26/05/2017)
Raw
materials
imports up as construction rebounds, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 23/05/2017)
Vehicle,
spare
part imports surge 59.7pc (kp 21/05/2017)
Basmati
lovers
drive up rice import bill, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/05/2017)
Betel
nut
consumers pick up export slack (kp 19/05/2017)
Kanchanpur
exports
vegetables worth Rs1m, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
16/05/2018)
Trade
deficit
soars to 26pc of GDP in Q3, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
13/05/2017)
Trade
gap
widening each passing year (ht 11/05/2017), Export
of
NTIS products plummets: Outflow of priority products
like medicinal herbs, ginger and cardamom witnesses
significant drop (ht 11/05/2017)
Govt
mulls
subsidy hike for top export items (ht 09/05/2017)
Women
highly
active in informal trade with India: Sawtee report
(kp 03/05/2017)
Tea
exports
jump record high to Rs2.4b (kp 01/05/2017)
Roads
not taken: BCIM will lessen Nepal’s dependence on
India by giving it direct access to markets beyond
India, by Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 26/04/2017)
Quality
mark
mandatory for 12 imported goods (kp 24/04/2017)
13th
Nepal
Int’l Trade Fair and Expo kicks off (kp
21/04/2017), Nepal
13th
Int’l Trade Fair off to a roaring start, by Aagat
Ruchi Sapkota (kp 23/04/2017)
Cargo
tracking
system to be launched in June, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 13/04/2017)
Current
account
deficit at over Rs6b (kp 13/04/2017)
Nepal
13th
Int’l Trade Fair launching soon (kp 13/04/2017)
TEPC
to
become Trade Promotion Institution (ht 01/04/2017)
Nepal
International
Trade Fair kicks off today (ht 16/03/2017), International
Trade
Fair throws open its doors (kp 17/03/2017), Nepal
International
Trade Fair concludes (ht 21/03/2017), Int’l
trade
fair generates Rs 200 million in deals (kp
21/03/2017)
EIF
support
likely to drop in next phase (ht 15/03/2017)
Nepal
to
seek DFQF access to more goods: Nepal has received
duty-free treatment for 66 items including certain
carpets, headgear, shawls and scarves apart from
travel goods, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 14/03/2017)
Third
country trade: Sever ties with fraudulent agents in
Kolkata port, importers told, by Ritesh Tripathi
(rep 09/03/2017)
Aid
for
trade: Govt, donors hold meeting (kp 07/03/2017),
Govt
prioritizes trade to achieve sustainable growth
(rep 07/02/2017)
Nepal
International
Trade Fair to begin on March 16 (kp 03/03/2017)
Win-all
trade:
Women in Baglung, Parbat and Sindhuli districts have
greatly increased their income from export of items
made from allo, by Erica Prasai (rep 27/02/2017)
Export
cash
incentive scheme ‘fails’ to meet desired objectives,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 26/02/2017)
2nd
International Women's Trade Expo begins (rep
15/02/2017), Women
entrepreneurs share challenges of doing business
(rep 16/02/2017), International
Women's Trade Expo concludes (rep 20/02/2017)
Trade
in
the balance: Imposition of antidumping duty on Nepali
and Bangladeshi jute and jute products will not
encourage bilateral and regional trade, by
Samridhi Pant (kp 07/02/2017)
Pact
signed
to open Nepali goods stalls in sister cities (kp
06/02/2017)
Exports
of
herbs from Rukum up 12pc in H1 (kp 06/02/2017)
Export
of
Nepali jute items to India resumes (ht 02/02/2017)
India
levies 4.5% service charge on third-country imports,
by Binod Subedi (rep 30/01/2017) [???]
DoC
introduces
ExIm code for traders (ht 27/01/2017)
Govt
to
enforce IE Code (kp 26/01/2017)
Nepal
presents
documents to WTO after ratifying Trade Facilitation
Agreement (ht 26/01/2017), Nepal
ratifies
Trade Facilitation Agreement (rep 26/01/2017)
Ceramics
exports
jump 45pc in first 5 months, by Sakchham Karki (kp
26/01/2017)
An
Italian
start-up gears up to promote Nepali craftsmanship,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/01/2017)
‘Export
is
must for economic and overall development’,
interview with Surendra Kumar Shrestha, President of
Export Council of Nepal (kp 23/01/2017)
Trade
deficit
balloons to Rs352b in first 5 months (kp
19/01/2017)
Parliament
ratifies
Trade Facilitation Agreement (ht 16/01/2017)
Nepal
107th
WTO member to ratify Marrakesh protocol (kp
16/01/2017)
Bad
Indian
road hits importers, by Shankar Acharya (kp
15/01/2017)
Rs666m
worth
of felt shipped in 5 months, by Sushank Kumar
Yadav (kp 12/01/2017)
Govt
urged
to bring private sector into fertiliser trade (kp
11/01/2017)
Export
of metal craft up by 50 percent, by Santosh
Neupane (rep 09/01/2017)
Trading
up:
Integration into the South Asian economy is a golden
opportunity for Nepal, by Alaina B. Teplitz (kp
06/01/2017)
Introduction
of
ExIm code to hit small, medium traders, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 04/01/2017)
CVD
imposed by India affects jute exports, by Ajit
Tiwari (rep 03/01/2017)
Nepal’s
vegetable
export potential still untapped (kp 31/12/2016)
Unexpected
tax
kills jute exports to India: Indian customs
authorities have imposed a 12.5 percent excise duty on
goods made of natural fibre, traders have said; Jute
products from Bangladesh are exempt from the tax
(kp 29/12/2016)
Export
of
silver products up: Manufacturers cite improved
quality for the surge of 54pc (ht 24/12/2016)
‘Govt
itself
responsible for export barriers’ (ht 22/12/2016)
Clinker
import
surges 674pc (ht 20/12/2016)
66
Nepali
goods now eligible for duty-free entry into US:
President Obama signs proclamation to implement
programme (kp 17/12/2016)
Nepal’s
Trade
deficit doubles in first 4 mths (kp 17/12/2016), Trade
deficit
balloons to Rs 277.13bn (ht 17/12/2016)
NCC,
Chinese
team sign MoU to boost trade (kp 16/12/2016), Nepal-China
trade
goes online: Daigou sellers turn to WeChat and TaoBao
to sell Nepali handicrafts in China, by Qiu Tian
and Pan Lan (nt 16/12/2016)
‘Export
incentive
must to make Nepali garments competitive’ (ht
15/12/2016)
50pc
timber
products in market imported (ht 14/12/2016)
Country
to
participate in Indo-Asia trade meet (ht
14/12/2016)
Nepali
shippers
prefer Haldia to Kolkata port (kp 12/12/2016), Nepali
traders
urged to use HICT for int’l shipments (ht
12/12/2016)
Import
of
two-wheelers increases: 108,837 units were imported in
the first quadrimester of 2016-17 (ht 12/12/2016)
Easy
exchange:
Inland Clearance Depot has made life easier for
traders who suffered from disorganized cargo transfers
and other hassles, by Ayush Joshi (rep 07/12/2016)
The
great
barrier: The new trade integration strategy has
acknowledged non-tariff measures as ‘serious
bottleneck’ to boosting exports, by Gunjan
Upadhyay (rep 01/12/2016)
Rising
import of agro products worries veep Pun (rep
01/12/2016)
Dependency
on
one country affecting farm exports: Export of
cardamom, ginger and tea affected by Indian decisions
in recent months, by Raju Adhikari (rep
29/11/2016)
Demand
for
iron and steel skyrockets (ht 24/11/2016)
Chocolate
imports soar by 37 percent, by Santosh Neupane
(rep 24/11/2016)
Trade
deficit
doubled in first quadrimester (ht 23/11/2016), Alarming
scenario:
The doubling of the trade deficit in the review period
should be taken with seriousness and attempts
should be made to take immediate remedial measures
(ht 24/11/2016)
EU
to
allow only certified exports (ht 21/11/2016)
Coffee
production
fulfils 5pc of export demand (kp 16/11/2016)
PM
makes
a pitch for broader trans-Himalayan cooperation
(kp 11/10/2016), ‘Investment
required
in infrastructure’: Prime Minister emphisises
developing Nepal as transit corridor for regional
trade (ht 10/11/2016)
Crucial
Nepal-China trade road too risky, by Niranjan
Paudel (rep 08/11/2016)
Traders
urge
envoys to ease export of Nepali tea and coffee (ht
05/10/2016)
Hanjin
bankruptcy
creates chaos among Nepali traders , by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 04/11/2016)
Made
in
Nepal: Nepal-made products are steadily gaining
visibility and recognition around the world, by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 28/10/2016)
Bhaktapur
International
Trade Fair 2016 from December 9 (ht 27/10/2016)
A
trading nation: For Nepal to become a trading rather
than an importing country, it should make its products
more competitive, by Ram C. Acharya (kp
25/10/2016)
Trade
deficit
widens to Rs 201.69bn (ht 24/10/2016)
Nepal
posts
trade surplus with 36 countries: But the trade volume
with those countries is relatively tiny and the
majority of items exported to those countries are
handicrafts (kp 16/10/2016)
Food
imports
balloon as local output stalls, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 15/10/2016)
Nepal
hopes
to begin third-country trade via China by end of the
year (ht 07/10/2016)
Freight
rate
hike could make imports dearer (kp 05/10/2016)
MoC
launches
updated NTIS (ht 30/09/2016)
Trade
deficit
widens as import up nearly 55pc (ht 29/09/2016)
Shipping
liners
to issue multi-modal bill of lading, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 28/09/2016)
MoC
prepares
to table TFA in Parliament (ht 25/09/2016)
Export
growth
of NTIS priority products plummets over time (ht
12/09/2016)
Trade
deficit
widens (ht 07/09/2016)
Bhairahawa
ousts
Birgunj as largest import gateway (ht 23/08/2016)
Trade
deficit
with SAARC nations rises (ht 11/08/2016)
Trade
through
Vizag Port could be more feasible, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 06/08/2016)
Trade
deficit
jumps with lentil exports in free-fall, by Parbat
Portel (kp 04/08/2016)
Import-export
via
Birgunj border point falls heavily, by Ram Sarraf
(ht 01/08/2016)
Nepal’s
imports
shrink to Rs 782b in 2015-16 (kp 24/07/2016)
Traders
call
for easing ban on Basmati exports, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 12/07/2016)
Experts
urge
policy harmonisation for boosting exports (ht
10/07/2016)
Export
of woolen carpet, RMG, black cardamom improves
(rep 02/07/2016)
Trade
deficit
puts pressure on forex reserve (ht 30/06/2016)
Country’s
exports
plunge to Rs 61.24bn (ht 23/06/2016)
Trade
deficit
falls on lower oil import bill (kp 10/06/2016)
Tea
producers
complain about extra paperwork for exports, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/06/2016)
Vehicle
imports:
Mandatory to present a tripartite agreement now;
According to the bill, only the authorised importer of
the automobile in the country would be eligible to
import the vehicle, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
31/05/2016)
Nepal-EU
trade
cooperation helping build capacity of dairy
stakeholders (rep 31/05/2016)
Govt
provides
relief to traders hit hard by border blockade:
Financial bill allows deduction of detention and
demurrage costs while clearing last instalment of
income tax for this fiscal year (ht 31/05/2016)
Minister
concerned
about growing food imports (kp 30/05/2016)
NFTA
welcomes budget for next fiscal (ht 30/05/2016)
Talking
about
trading: The way things are, earning money from carbon
trading seems to be a distant dream, by Hemant
Ojha and Dil Khatri (kp 27/05/2016)
Imports
of
steel rods up as domestic output slows (kp
25/05/2016)
Nepal
trade
integration strategy 2016: List of goods, services
with export potential cut to 12, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 17/05/2016), Unleashing
potential:
Whether the revised NTIS list will help meet export
targets remains to be seen (kp 18/05/2016), Revised
NTIS
aims to address supply-side constraints (ht
19/05/2016)
Minister
Chand
bats for export-led growth (ht 17/05/2016)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
agree to remove TBT (ht 12/05/2016), 108
Nepali
products get duty-free access to Bangladesh, by
Parbat Portel (kp 14/05/2016)
Fuel
import
bill halves to Rs52b due to embargo (kp
10/05/2016)
Rice
imports
from India jump to Rs13.43 billion (kp 24/04/2016)
Lack
of
banking services at Tatopani stalls trade, by
Rishiram Poudyal (kp 20/04/2016)
Better
roads
imperative to boost trade (ht 17/04/2016)
Detention
and
demurrage charges: Shipping agents waive off around
Rs3 billion fees, by Shankar Acharya (kp
16/04/2016)
Cabinet
delays
endorsement of NTIS 2015, projects stalled (ht
14/04/2016)
Costly
connections:
Neither of the two—India and China—should ever be
given the monopoly of trade in this country, by
Shyam KC (kp 08/04/2016)
‘India’s
trade
barriers limit Nepal’s export potential’ (kp
31/03/2016)
Bhairahawa
emerges
as top import route (kp 27/03/2016)
Fifth
Nepal
International Trade Fair opens today (kp
17/03/2016), NITF-2016
to
kick off today (ht 17/03/2016), Nepal
Int’l
Trade Fair 2016 begins (kp 18/03/2016), Prez
bats
for self-reliance for sustainable development (ht
18/03/2016)
New
US
facility disappoints garment entrepreneurs (ht
13/03/2016), Listed
products
have greater potential, say US officials: Nepali
garment manufacturers are disappointed that they
cannot avail the facility instantly as the products
they make currently are not listed under the scheme
(kp 15/03/2016), Nepal
could
utilise US facility by August (ht 17/03/2016)
Delay
in
delivery of imported goods from Kolkata port:
Importers forced to pay high detention charges (kp
10/03/2016)
Oil
import
bill plunges 55pc due to embargo (kp 10/03/2016)
US
trade
officials visiting Nepal to discuss, simplify
duty-free access (rep 09/03/2016)
Garment
entrepreneurs
unclear of duty-free facility provided by US (ht
07/03/2016)
Medicinal
herbs
worth Rs400 million exported: Bajhang shipped out 296
kg of yarsagumba valued at Rs390m in the past seven
months, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 04/03/2016)
Vehicle
imports
through Birgunj down 50 percent, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 01/03/2016)
Agents
refuse
to release cargo until dues paid, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 27/02/2016) [Another proof
of Oli's failed state visit to India!]
Nepali
garments
get duty-free status in US: The move addresses the
demand of Nepali garment manufacturers who had been
lobbying for duty-free entry for over a decade, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/02/2016), Nepali
garments
all set to get duty-free access to US market, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 26/02/2016)
Weakening
rupee
against dollar a big worry for Nepali importers, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 24/02/2016)
Trade
experts
seek simplification of transit procedures in
negotiation (ht 23/02/2016)
Vishakhapatnam
port
to be operationalized for Nepal’s third country trade:
Another transit route to Bangladesh to be opened,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/02/2016), India,
B’desh
open immigration offices, by Parat Portel (kp
22/02/2016), Traders
elated
at opening of Vishakhapatnam Port, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 23/02/2016), Secy:
Vizag
port will ease third country trade (kp
28/02/2016), Govt
urges
pvt sector to use Visakhapatnam Port (ht
28/02/2016)
Overall
trade
in first half squeezed by 30pc (ht 16/02/2016)
Import,
export
activities at Sirsiya Dry Port jump, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 07/02/2016)
Imports
dip
26.5pc in H1 (kp 06/02/2016)
Imports
of
coal, clinker rise through Kakarbhitta, by Parbat
Portel (kp 06/02/2016)
Food
imports
jump sharply as trade embargo eases, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 05/02/2016)
Government:
Non-tariff
barriers slowing exports to be identified (kp
03/02/2016)
DoC
plans
‘Nepal National Single Window’ system (kp
28/01/2016)
Moving
nowhere:
Nepal must understand that bilateral ties no longer
work without trade, by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp
20/01/2016)
Across
borders:
Lower cost of trade would encourage people do to
business through official channels, by Abaya
Neopane (kp 14/01/2016)
Trading
up:
Addressing supply-side constraints are the major
challenges for Nepal’s international trade, by
Mina Aryal (kp 13/01/2016)
NEFFA
explores
alternatives to minimise losses faced by Nepali
traders (ht 10/01/2016)
Imports
drop
in all sectors except gold, colza seeds (kp
09/01/2016)
Clearing
customs:
Over the years Nepal has introduced a number of trade
facilitation measures, by Suman Kumar Regmi (kp
06/01/2016)
Third
country
trade triples in wake of blockade, by Kuvera
Chalise (rep 04/01/2016)
DoCSM
backs
calls for establishing Garment EPZ (ht 19/12/2015)
Golden
opportunity
to reclaim lost glory: United states grants duty-free
access to nepali readymade garment until 2025, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/12/2015)
Agro
products
top import list, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/11/2015)
‘Diversify
trade,
intensify diplomatic engagement’ (kp 25/11/2015)
Trade
over
politics: It is not trade that has now made Nepal
vulnerable; it is the lack of free trade, by
Sarita Sapkota (rep 16/11/2015)
HTPL
to
waive detention charges: Importers who have already
paid fees for 40-day period to get refund, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 11/11/2015)
Ongoing
Tarai
protest hits trade financing (ht 14/10/2015)
Detention
charge
costing importers over Rs 12 crore daily, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 09/10/2015)
Infographics:
Understanding
Nepal’s trade (rep 07/10/2015)
Govt
studying
feasibility for new trade route, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 19/09/2015)
Think
trade:
There are many areas where Nepal and India could work
together to enhance trade, by Purushottam Ojha (kp
16/09/2015)
Reopen
customs
point: Traders, by Krishna Thapa (kp 14/09/2015)
Nepal
has
trade surplus with 32 countries (kp 09/09/2015)
Prolonged
strikes
hit trade, business activities in West, by Janak
Nepal (kp 04/09/2015)
Trade
policy
2015: Export industries get new incentives (kp
03/09/2015), MoCS
launches
new Trade Policy (ht 03/09/2015)
Rice
and
paddy imports bill surges to Rs25b (kp 30/08/2015)
Tricks
of
trade: The poor countries, unlike their rich cousins,
are not able to maintain non-tariff walls to protect
their domestic industries from cheap imports, by
Purushottam Ojha (rep 20/08/2015)
Revised
Trade
Policy gets nod from the Cabinet (ht 12/08/2015)
First
trade
deficit with Bangladesh in 10 years, by Parbat
Portel (kp 06/08/2015)
Nepal’s
trade
deficit soars to 33.34 percent of GDP (kp
03/08/2015)
Favourable
trade
treaty with India sought: Experts urge removal of
quantitative and qualitative restrictions on Nepali
exports, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 04/08/2015)
Result-based
approach
to be proposed to reduce trade deficit, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 02/08/2015)
IE
code
to be implemented (ht 01/08/2015)
Pre-shipment
inspections,
brokers needed to remove trade barriers (kp
29/07/2015)
Nepal
to
notify WTO on its TFA preparations (ht 29/07/2015)
Exports
down
4.8pc to Rs77.83 billion (kp 26/07/2015)
Incentive
scheme
for exports being revised (kp 11/07/2015)
Duty-free
access
to Nepali garment: Strong lobbying needed to get US
senate to pass bill: Experts (kp 20/06/2015), Govt
asked
to lobby with the US for DFQF facility for Nepali
garments (ht 20/06/2015)
Country’s
trade
deficit widens (ht 23/05/2015)
Imports
through
Biratnagar customs down 50 percent, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 17/05/2015)
Govt
may
ban zinc sheet export, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
15/05/2015))
Increased
imports,
negative BoP likely (kp)
Traders
halt
transportation of goods imported from China, by
Rishiram Poudyal (kp 23/04/2015)
OAG
report
calls for closing tax loophole (kp 22/04/2015)
Exports
dip
8pc on fall in shipments to India (kp 17/04/2015)
New
infra
transforms Rasuwagadhi into trade hub , by
Krishna Thapa (kp 17/04/2015)
Bhaktapur
trade
fair begins (kp 12/04/2015)
NCC
recommends
revising goods list (kp 10/04/2015)
Decline
in
export widens country’s trade deficit (ht
10/04/2015)
NBSM
in
line to receive international accreditation (kp
08/04/2015)
World,
here
we come: Nepali exporters have to realise that it’s a
whole other country out there, by Bijendra Man
Shakya (kp 03/04/2015)
Potential
energy:
It takes 22 days for merchandise such as coffee,
carpets and pashmina shawls to reach Kolkata port;
This is far too long, by Resnje Teerink (rep
28/03/2015)
Blocking
the
way: Non-tariff barriers, along with high inflation
and supply side constraints, are hurting Nepal’s trade
with India, by Karishma Shakya (kp 10/03/2015)
Tepal
to
support TRIPS protocol amendment (ht 08/03/2015)
Traders
slammed
for tendency to pressure govt (kp 04/03/2015)
Nepal
asks
for revision of citrus trade pact, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 01/03/2015)
Trade
deficit
with China rises by 41.45 per cent (ht 28/02/2015)
Brand
registration
expected to boost Nepal coffee exports (kp
20/02/2015)
Sugarcane
growers
protest on East-West Highway, by Aman Koirala (kp
20/02/2015)
Onion
imports
from India high due to low output, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 05/02/2015)
Ambiente
to
help expand export market, by Prashanaa Chitrakar
(ht 05/02/2015)
TEPC
calls
for proposal to register trademark in export
destinations (ht 04/02/2015)
Draft
of
revised Trade Policy ready: MoCS proposes adding 11
products and seven services to boost exports, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 25/01/2015)
Country
may
open rice export to China (ht 21/01/2015)
Dadeldhura
exports
potatoes worth Rs 220m annually, by Barun Paneru
(rep 17/01/2015)
300
containers
stranded in Khasa due to strike (kp 13/01/2015)
Fruit
imports
swell due to low domestic output (kp 10/01/2015)
Nepal
International
Trade Fair to be held in March (kp 09/01/2015), FNCCI
invites
foreign firms to participate in international trade fair
(ht 09/01/2015)
Try
something
else: The government’s much hyped export promotion
schemes have not worked, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp
08/01/2015)
Agro
imports
leap, join Rs 100b club, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
07/01/2015)
Beekeepers
threaten
stir if honey delisted from NTIS (kp 05/01/2015)
Priority
products
export posts negative growth (ht 04/02/2015)
List
of
products facing problemin export forwarded to China
(ht 04/01/2015)
Boosting
regional
trade: Shortening of sensitive list must: Bairagi
(kp 22/12/2014)
Exports
slip
0.2pc, imports up 23.5pc in first four months (kp
19/12/2014)
Export
to
China up 81.9 pc in four months, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 19/12/2014)
Railway
freight
hiked by 5-7pc at Birgunj ICD, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 15/12/2014), Imports
get
costlier as Indian Railways hikes transport charge,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 15/12/2014), MoCS
asks
IR to roll back fare hike (ht 17/12/2014), Indian
Railwaysrolls
back hike (ht 20/12/2014)
Nepal
seeks
simplification of NTMs, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
06/12/2014)
List
of
export goods, services to be cut (kp 05/12/2014)
Govt
prepares
to revise export incentive provision: new rates will
be based the employment opportunities the exporting
firms create, their export performance and
contribution to poverty alleviation (kp
01/12/2014)
NTMs
affect
trade relations among SAARC members (ht
29/11/2014)
Enthusiasm
for
trade fairs sweeps country (kp 27/11/2014)
Betel
nut
exports stop as India announces lab test, by Lila
Ballav Ghimire (kp 22/11/2014)
Coffee
imports
up, exports drop as demand swells, by Suman Bashyal
(kp 20/11/2014)
Traders
to
disclose MRP of six more import goods (ht
19/11/2014)
NTIS
will
be revised by Feb next year: Ministry (kp
15/11/2014)
Ginger
traders
facenon-tariff barriers (ht 15/11/2014)
Majority
of
Nepal’s trade within SAARC region (ht 12/11/2014)
Jilong-Rasuwagadhi
checkpost
to begin operation soon (ht 08/11/2014)
TEPC
plans
to register ginger trademark (ht 07/11/2014)
Easter
region
enjoys trade surplus with Bangladesh, by Binod
Subedi (rep 05/11/2014)
Nepal
imported
rice worth Rs 2.66 billion from India: First two
months' data (kp 30/10/2014)
Betel
nut
imports rise, by Shankar Acharya (kp 27/10/2014)
Surge
in
garlic imports raises suspicions, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp 22/10/2014)
Experts
urge
flexibility in new Nepal Trade Integration Strategy
(ht 21/10/2014)
Govt
to
focus on trade in services in new policy: Draft
reveals majority of clauses similar to those already
in place, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 19/10/2014)
Govt
amending
trade policy to boost exports: Minister (kp
14/10/2014)
Pact
to
export Nepali herbs to Europe (kp 10/10/2014), GIZ
launches
new agro initiative: Partnership aims to promote
Nepali herbs in EU, alleviate poverty (ht
10/10/2014)
Shipments
of
fancied export products rise 2pc (kp 09/10/2014)
Cargo
spends
Dashain in Khasa depots, by Rishiram Poudyal (kp
09/10/2014)
MoCS
seeks
inter-ministerialcooperation to reduce trade deficit,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 09/10/2014)
Nepal’s
economic
vulnerability worsens as deficit up twofold (kp
08/10/2014)
Export
of
NTIS products rise marginal 2.08pc (ht 07/10/2014)
Trade
with
SAsia at crawling speed despite SAFTA, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 01/10/2014)
Daily
Nepal
imports top Rs 2 billion: Trade deficit surged by
20.53pc when compared to fiscal year 2012-13 (ht
30/09/2014)
Imported
goods
unlikely to arrive in time for Dashain, by
Rishiram Poudyal (kp 11/09/2014)
Export
promotion
measures Engines of growth, by Girish P. Pant (ht
05/09/2014)
Nepal
blowing
earnings on imports: Report (kp 27/08/2014)
The
coming
trade policy: Balancing incentives and trade support
will be the greatest challenge for policymakers,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 27/08/2014)
Rasuwagadhi
jammed
as traders reroute shipments, by Krishna Thapa (kp
26/08/2014)
Domestic
problems
blamed for low exports to India (kp 20/08/2014)
Product
Development
Programme In Trade Policy, by Suman Kumar Regmi (rn
19/08/2014)
Veg,
food
imports from Bhairahawa customs up 38%, by Rekha
Bhusal (rep 18/08/2014)
Cutting
the
deficit with India: The erosion of preference margins,
more than non-tariff barriers, is the key issue, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 13/08/2014)
MoCS
starts
drafting Export and Import Bill (ht 13/08/2014)
Ranjana
Trade
Centre begins operation (ht 11/08/2014)
Traders
shift
to Rasuwagadhi as landslide severs road to Tatopani,
by Nirajan Poudel (rep 11/08/2014)
Nepal’s
trade
deficit with India continues to grow steeply (kp
05/08/2014)
Govt
plans
to boost exports to Rs 100b by fiscal-end (kp
27/07/2014)
Improved
connectivity
urged to boost trade within Saarc (kp 25/07/2014)
‘Reducing
NTMs
crucial to promote trade’ (ht 25/07/2014)
All
quiet
on trade front: The budget doesn't say much about
boosting trade and the huge deficit is likely to persist,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 21/07/2014)
Trade
deficit
hits Rs 563b as imports rise (kp 19/07/2014), Trade
deficit
widens to Rs 563.97 billion (ht 19/07/2014)
Trade
deficit
jumps to Rs 1.69 billion per day (rep 12/07/2014)
Central,
Eastern
regions account for 90pc of exports, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 10/07/2014)
Government
to
setup trade board (ht 09/07/2014)
Trade
policy
out of sync with times, says Thapa (kp 08/07/2014)
Import
of
agro products mounts to whopping Rs 33.38 billion,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (rep 06/07/2014)
Up,
up
and away: The trade deficit keeps growing showing that
interventions have been misplaced, by Bijendra Man
Shakya (kp 01/07/2014)
Internal
Trade
Policy to boost domestic sector (kp 30/06/2014)
US
for
holding TIFA meet in Nepal in Aug (kp 26/06/2014)
Something’s
wrong
with it: The export subsidy plan has been stumbling
along with nothing to show for it, by Bijendra Man
Shakya (kp 20/06/2014)
Iron
and
steel products tops export list: Trade deficit rises to
Rs 509 billion (rep 18/06/2014), Rs
21b
cereal imports in first 10 months (kp 19/06/2014)
Exports
to
Turkey top billion-rupee mark in ‘13 (kp 15/06/2014)
Trade
deficit
tops Rs 500-billion mark (ht 13/06/2014)
Nepal’s
trade
reliance on India continues: 66.8pc of imports and
66.9pc of exports to thesouthern neighbour in current
fiscal year (ht 13/06/2014)
Gift
for
Nepal: Least developed country package will help Nepal
gain market access in the developed countries, by
Arjun Karki (rep 05/06/2014)
Use
of
shipping lines cuts costs for traders (kp
31/05/2014)
Easy
loans
push auto imports up (kp 30/05/2014)
Trade
policy
amendment on cards (ht 28/05/2014)
Take
Steps
To Check Trade Slump, by Rudra Prasad Ghimire (rn
25/05/2014)
Nepal
imported
agro products worth Rs 99.34 billion last FY, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/05/2014), Vegetable
imports
from India down 10.5%, by Sujan Dhungana (rep
21/05/2014)
Imports
of
fruits, vegetables swell (kp 16/05/2014)
Exports
up
19.9pc to Rs 68.2b (kp 14/05/2014), Exports
of
NTIS products drop (kp 15/05/2014)
A
decade later: Free trade sounds great, but it is of
not much use if we have nothing to export,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 02/05/2014)
Trade
deficit
balloons to Rs 396.96b (kp 14/04/2014),
BOP
surplus
jumps to Rs 102.81 billion (rep 14/04/2014),
Export-import
ratio
falls moderately. Nepal imported goods worth Rs 13.3
as against every rupee of exports (ht 15/04/2014)
DFTQC
to
upgrade laboratory (kp 08/04/2014)
Fuel
import
bill exceeds export earnings by Rs 27b (kp
07/04/2014)
Govt
steps
up effort to revise NTIS (kp 31/03/2014)
Body
to
suggest trade reforms remains idle: The Board of Trade
has met just twice in the last five years (kp
30/03/2014)
Nepal
not
being able to capitalise on DFQF provision (kp
25/03/2014)
Nepal
improves
efficiency of trade logistics, by Sagar Ghimire
(rep 25/03/2014)
Balance
of
trade: There is an immediate need to take steps to
increase exports and reduce Nepal's growing trade
deficit, by Shyam K.C. (kp 23/03/2014)
Nepal
importing
fruits worth Rs 6b annually (rep 20/03/2014)
Third
country
exports of a few products rise (ht 17/03/2014)
Trade
deficit
surged by 25% during seven months: NRB (rep
14/03/2014)
Free
trade
arrangements: Will Nepal be able to benefit from
BIMSTEC or will it be another SAFTA?, by Bijendra
Man Shakya (kp 12/03/2014)
Nepal
losing
competitive edge in export market (kp 09/03/2014),
ADB
urges
Nepal to diversify export basket (ht 10/03/2014)
Policies
being
formulated to streamline domestic trade (kp
07/03/2014)
Nepal
International
Trade Fair 2014 begins today (rep 06/03/2014), Nepal
Int’l
Trade Fair kicks off (ht 07/03/2014), Buy
Nepali
products and cut imports, says Prez (kp
07/03/2014), 3rd
Nepal
Int’l Trade Fair woos 235k visitors (kp
11/03/2014), Nepali
herbal
and handicraft products winners at NITF (ht
11/03/2014)
Nepal
asks
US to hold TIFA meeting soon, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
05/03/2014)
Iron
and
steel products top Nepal’s export charts (kp
01/03/2014)
Nepal-bound
cargo
starts moving from Kolkata port, by Rajesh Khanal
and Shankar Acharya (kp 28/02/2014)
South-South
trade:
The developing countries are a potential market that
Nepali exporters often overlook, by Bijendra Man
Shakya (kp 27/02/2014)
Exports
of
NTIS products drop 3.28pc in first half (kp
19/02/2014), NRB
data
reveals trade statistics not encouraging (ht
19/02/2014), Trade
deficit
surges by 24.4% (rep 19/02/2014), In
a
rut: Growing trade deficit (rep 19/02/2014)
Nepal's
trade
deficit widens to Rs 289.62 billion (kp
17/02/2014)
No
pain,
no gain: Exporters should make efforts to deal with
non-tariff barriers instead of only griping, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 17/02/2014)
Big
exporters
want revision in export incentives scheme (rep
17/02/2014)
Nepal’s
trade
dependency on India swells in 2000s, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 04/02/2014)
Weak
rupee
hits import growth: Increased by a marginal three per
cent to around Rs 350 billion (ht 30/01/2014)
Nepal
would
do well to focus on energy substitution: Trade
imbalance remains despite growth in exports, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 29/01/2014)
FinMin
for
developing customs as facilitating centres to boost
trade (kp 27/01/2014)
Investment
stressed
to reduce trade deficit (ht 18/01/2014)
Nepal
imported
9,000 tonnes of betel nuts in 1st 6 months of FY, by
Parbat Portel (kp 17/01/2014)
LDCs
and
Bali conference: Benefits not clear yet, by Raj
Kumar K.C. (ht 15/01/2014)
Weak
rupee
lowers export-import ratio (ht 14/01/2014), Trade
deficit
crosses Rs 232 billion (rep 14/01/2014)
Traders
seek
removal of double taxation (ht 13/01/2014)
Keep
at
it: The trade facilitation agreement in Bali has once
again signaled that multilateral trading system can
still work in favor of ppr countries, by
Purushottam Ojha (rep 11/01/2014)
Pharmas
demand
removal of non-tariff export barriers (kp
07/01/2014)
Govt
okays
export of third-country goods: Starts preparing LoE on
importing vehicles by driving them (ht 04/01/2014),
Draft
LoE
on vehicle imports ready (rep 04/01/2014)
Don’t
count
your chickens, by Bijendra Man Shakya (kp
01/01/2014)
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