Nepal Trade Report — Shrawan 2083/84
Imports, exports, trade deficit and the product, partner-country and customs-route signals behind Nepal's first foreign-trade release of FY 2083/84.
Values calculated from the Department of Customs Shrawan FY 2083/84 foreign-trade workbook. Source values are in Rs thousands and are converted here to Rs billions.
Exports accelerated. Nepal's absolute trade gap still grew.
The first month of FY 2083/84 shows a larger trade system on both sides. Export growth outpaced import growth in percentage terms, but imports remain much larger in value.
4.84× import/export ratio
The ratio improved from 5.98× a year earlier, but Nepal still imported nearly five rupees of goods for every rupee exported.
82.89% of trade was imports
Exports increased their share of total merchandise trade to 17.11%, from 14.33% in the comparable first month.
Rs 59.17B more total trade
Total merchandise trade rose from Rs 166.97B to Rs 226.15B, an increase of 35.44%.
Soybean oil is the defining product signal.
Crude soybean oil was Nepal's largest import item, while processed soybean oil was by far the largest export item in the same release.
Leading imports
Rs billion| Crude soybean oil | 18.40 |
| Diesel | 13.85 |
| LPG | 8.47 |
| DAP fertilizer | 7.87 |
| Petrol | 6.88 |
Leading exports
Rs billion| Processed soybean oil | 17.99 |
| Refined palm olein | 1.29 |
| Sunflower / safflower oil | 1.21 |
| Stainless-steel household articles | 1.16 |
| Unbleached woven jute fabric | 1.07 |
India dominates both sides of the trade account.
The partner-country table shows substantial concentration. This is a descriptive exposure measure, not a causal explanation of trade performance.
Rs 102.45B
About 54.7% of Nepal's merchandise imports in Shrawan came from India.
Rs 33.26B
About 85.9% of Nepal's merchandise exports in the release went to India.
Rs 31.75B
China was the second-largest import partner, while exports to China were only about Rs 0.21B.
Birgunj handled half of import value.
Route concentration matters for logistics and exposure analysis. In Shrawan, Birgunj was the largest customs gateway by a wide margin.
Four signals for the Bhadra release
1. Export concentration. Does processed soybean oil remain close to half of exports, or does the export basket broaden as the fiscal year progresses?
2. Import acceleration. Imports were already 31.04% above the comparable first month. The next release will show whether that pace persists.
3. India exposure. India accounted for roughly 86% of exports and 55% of imports. A material shift here can move headline trade numbers quickly.
4. Gateway concentration. Birgunj handled about half of both import and export value. Later releases can show whether route concentration rises or normalises.
How this report was produced
The calculations on this page were generated from the Department of Customs workbook for the first month (Shrawan) of FY 2083/84, covering mid-July to mid-August 2026. TradePulse reads the workbook's trade-direction, commodity, partner-country and customs-office tables, converts monetary values from Rs thousands to Rs billions, and calculates concentration shares from the underlying values.
TradePulse Nepal is an independent public-data project, not an official government publication. Figures are rounded for presentation. The source workbook remains the authoritative record.