Country Report Nepal May 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009a	2010b
GDP at market prices (NRs bn)c	654.1	727.8	815.7	991.3	1,049.5
GDP (US$ bn)	9.0	11.0	11.7	12.8	14.3
Real GDP growth (%)c	3.4	3.4	6.1	4.9	5.0
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	7.6	6.1	10.9	11.6	10.4
Population (m)	27.8	28.3	28.8	29.3	29.9
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	848.7	925.0	986.6	840.3b	–
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	-2,441.1	-2,932.6	-3,519.4	-4,301.4b	–
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-10.4	-130.0	384.5	-256.0b	–
Exchange rate (av) NRs:US$	72.76	66.42	69.76	77.55	73.15a
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Fiscal years ending July 15th.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2009a	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2008abc	% of total
Agriculture	30.9	Private consumption	80.3
Trade, hotels & restaurants, transport & communications	24.4	Government consumption	9.9
Finance & real estate	12.4	Fixed investment	21.9
Social services	10.4	Stockbuilding	8.4
Manufacturing	6.4	Exports of goods & services	12.8
Construction	6.1	Imports of goods & services	33.3

Principal exports 2009acde	NRs bn	Principal imports 2009acde	NRs bn
Textiles	3.2	Petroleum products	41.4
Zinc sheet	2.8	Vehicles & spare parts	16.1
Thread	2.5	Other machinery & parts	7.3
Polyester yarn	2.5	Medicine	6.6
Juice	2.0	Cold-rolled steel	6.1

Main destinations of exports 2008acd	% of total	Main origins of imports 2008acd	% of total
India	60.4	India	65.2
Bangladesh	7.3	China	10.0
US	7.2	Indonesia	4.5
Germany	3.6	Japan	2.8
Taiwan	1.7	Singapore	2.4
a Fiscal years (ending July 15th). b Ministry of Finance. c Provisional. d Nepal Rastra Bank. e Trade with India.

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