Nepal’s 81.8 percent export boom driven by re-exports. Farm goods lag

Exports of domestic production-based items like large cardamom, herbs, ginger, essential oils, lentils, jewellery, vegetables, fruits, spices, and coffee slump.

Nepal’s total exports surged by 81.8 percent in the last fiscal year, reaching Rs277 billion. This growth was primarily driven by re-exports of edible oils—soyabean, sunflower, and palm oil—which Nepal does not produce domestically. Edible oil exports alone jumped more than 15 fold to Rs121.53 billion, accounting for 43.86 percent of total exports.