NEPAL GERMAN TRADE RELATIONS

Nearly 40% of Nepal's total exports go to Germany. The Kingdom imports 3% of its needs from Germany. Germany still remains as the biggest buyer of Nepalese rugs today and imports more than 85% of Nepal's carpets. Besides carpets, Nepal also exports handicrafts, jewellery, garments, leather, woollen goods, lentils, tea, spices, and essential oils to Germany. Recently, a few non-traditional products have been developed in Nepal and are being exported to Germany. Though they form a small part of the export, they have been welcomed by the German market. These items include knitwear, electric transformers, alcoholic beverage, button and button materials, and food products. Lately, a Nepal German joint venture company, Nepal Bayern Electric has started to export high technology micro-transformers to Germany. This is the first high technology export from Nepal. Altogether, ten Nepal German joint venture projects are registered so far. Six units with Rs. 180 million investment are in operation and most of them are in the tourism sector. Nepal imports sixty products from Germany. They are machinery parts, industrial raw materials, telecommunication equipment, scientific and research equipment, chemicals, etc. German machinery and technology have been successfully used in big hydro-power projects and beer and cement plants. Germans are the largest number of tourists to come to Nepal from western countries. In 1995, more than 44,000 German tourists visited Nepal (12% of the total tourist arrival).

Five year bilateral trade between Germany and Nepal

Exports of Nepal
YearGermanyWorld
1994/95 6,55017,927
1994/938,15819,247
1992/938,35417,272
1991/925,97112,184
1990/912,7795,670
		
Imports of Nepal
Year Germany World
1994/95 1,74864,500
1994/9378651,568
1992/9385334,425
1991/9278818,449
1990/9149514,535