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Nepal INDUSTRY, NEPAL
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Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
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    Figure 8. Nepal: Shares of Gross Domestic Product, 1989.

    Source: Based on information from World Bank, Trends in Developing Economies, 1990, Washington, 1990, 386.

    During the 1950s and 1960s, Kathmandu received aid commitments from Moscow and Beijing. During the 1960s, Soviet and Chinese aid also supported development of a few government-owned industries. Most of the industries established used agricultural products such as jute, sugar, and tea as raw materials. Other industries were dependent on various inputs imported from other countries, mainly India.

    As a result of the 1989-90 trade dispute with India, many inputs were unavailable, causing lower capacity utilization in some industries. During the same period, Nepal also lost India as its traditional market for certain goods. Because of the lack of industrial materials, such as coal, furnace oil, machinery, and spare parts, there was a considerable adverse impact on industrial production.

    Industry accounted for less than 20 percent of total GDP in the 1980s (see fig. 8). Relatively small by international standards, most of the industries established in the 1950s and 1960s were developed with government protection. Traditional cottage industries, including basket-weaving as well as cotton fabric and edible oil production, comprised approximately 60 percent of industrial output; there also were efforts to develop cottage industries to produce furniture, soap, and textiles. The remainder of industrial output came from modern industries, such as jute mills, cigarette factories, and cement plants.

    Data as of September 1991


    NOTE: The information regarding Nepal on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nepal INDUSTRY, NEPAL information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nepal INDUSTRY, NEPAL should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.

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