Nepal - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Nepal was 59.01 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.64 in 1975 and a minimum value of 41.08 in 1998.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1974 78.87
1975 95.64
1976 72.05
1977 73.32
1978 63.30
1979 66.55
1980 73.14
1981 64.66
1982 72.48
1983 65.35
1984 63.65
1985 70.71
1986 70.78
1987 59.40
1994 55.38
1998 41.08
1999 58.39
2000 45.58
2003 58.55
2009 59.44
2010 59.98
2011 54.37
2012 50.88
2013 51.18
2014 53.15
2015 59.21
2016 63.06
2017 59.26
2018 60.47
2019 59.01

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports