# Nepal Import Opportunities

Explore Nepal's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $11.5B
- Import CAGR: -6.0%
- Trade openness: 36.8%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $1.4B | +9.8% | 41 | 9735 |
| 2 | HS 271119 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, n.e.c. in heading no. 2711 | $432.0M | +27.5% | 1 | 10000 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $502.0M | +13.3% | 4 | 9978 |
| 4 | HS 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | $192.2M | +13.3% | 4 | 9095 |
| 5 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $215.5M | +20.2% | 73 | 4537 |
| 6 | HS 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $132.0M | +16.0% | 2 | 9971 |
| 7 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $168.4M | +9.0% | 42 | 8859 |
| 8 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $115.0M | +24.8% | 10 | 8089 |
| 9 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $188.2M | +9.8% | 11 | 6394 |
| 10 | HS 100610 | Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $99.1M | +26.3% | 4 | 9903 |
| 11 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $133.8M | +11.8% | 4 | 9686 |
| 12 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $173.3M | +13.2% | 9 | 4171 |
| 13 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $121.8M | +8.0% | 13 | 9744 |
| 14 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $117.1M | +20.6% | 9 | 4230 |
| 15 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $190.6M | +4.9% | 53 | 3951 |
| 16 | HS 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $66.8M | +28.1% | 4 | 7502 |
| 17 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $104.7M | +12.4% | 13 | 5464 |
| 18 | HS 721391 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, n.e.s. in heading no. 7213, of circular cross-section measuring less than 14mm in diameter | $70.1M | +22.2% | 4 | 6692 |
| 19 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $60.7M | +34.2% | 9 | 7216 |
| 20 | HS 070320 | Vegetables, alliaceous: garlic, fresh or chilled | $45.9M | +26.9% | 2 | 9977 |
| 21 | HS 550320 | Fibres: synthetic staple fibres, of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning | $45.3M | +26.5% | 9 | 8782 |
| 22 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $48.0M | +26.8% | 7 | 7280 |
| 23 | HS 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $55.6M | +18.6% | 6 | 7352 |
| 24 | HS 070190 | Vegetables: potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled | $44.1M | +15.4% | 5 | 9442 |
| 25 | HS 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $36.0M | +28.4% | 30 | 8767 |
| 26 | HS 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $56.0M | +12.3% | 15 | 6526 |
| 27 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $67.8M | +5.7% | 50 | 5854 |
| 28 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $85.0M | +16.8% | 19 | 2506 |
| 29 | HS 120510 | Oil seeds: low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | $62.8M | +9.0% | 5 | 4856 |
| 30 | HS 720110 | Iron: non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | $25.3M | +24.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 31 | HS 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $67.3M | +12.3% | 4 | 5000 |
| 32 | HS 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $40.4M | +34.3% | 10 | 4205 |
| 33 | HS 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $30.8M | +33.7% | 3 | 6347 |
| 34 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $33.2M | +13.0% | 9 | 8855 |
| 35 | HS 790111 | Zinc: unwrought, (not alloyed), containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc | $31.8M | +13.4% | 7 | 9394 |
| 36 | HS 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $23.5M | +22.5% | 3 | 9944 |
| 37 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $33.6M | +18.7% | 31 | 5858 |
| 38 | HS 760511 | Aluminium: (not alloyed), wire, maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7mm | $24.4M | +20.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 39 | HS 701090 | Glass: carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers of glass, (not ampoules), used for the conveyance or packing of goods | $29.3M | +15.1% | 20 | 8882 |
| 40 | HS 551219 | Fabrics, woven: of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester staple fibres, other than unbleached or bleached | $26.8M | +25.2% | 5 | 6821 |
| 41 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $33.1M | +14.3% | 17 | 7190 |
| 42 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $21.8M | +45.8% | 5 | 9474 |
| 43 | HS 854460 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts | $37.6M | +11.0% | 26 | 6517 |
| 44 | HS 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $49.7M | +6.8% | 11 | 4514 |
| 45 | HS 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $27.8M | +21.4% | 6 | 6365 |
| 46 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $38.6M | +7.1% | 55 | 6328 |
| 47 | HS 071320 | Vegetables, leguminous: chickpeas (garbanzos), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $23.2M | +24.5% | 5 | 7255 |
| 48 | HS 841821 | Refrigerators: for household use, compression-type, electric or other | $23.6M | +18.1% | 11 | 8948 |
| 49 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $33.2M | +9.9% | 62 | 6955 |
| 50 | HS 610422 | Ensembles: women's or girls', of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $19.6M | +22.4% | 3 | 9998 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.