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First quarter trade review:
Trade deficit increases to Rs 20.6 b (kp 31/12/2003)
WTO criticised for ‘discriminatory approach’
(kp 30/12/2003)
SMEs in the post accession era,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (kp 26/12/2003)
NGCCI: Helping promote Nepal, German trade
(pr 25/12/2003)
‘Need to check trade deficit’
(rn 18/12/2003)
Nepal’s entry in WTO,
by Govinda Koirala (kp 13/12/2003)
Nepali sugar’s export potential
(ht 07/12/2003)
Export of readymade garments slide
(ht 06/12/2003)
Nepal’s accession to WTO,
by Bijendra Man Shakya (ht 01/12/2003)
Independence of competition authority,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (kp 29/11/2003)
Export year-2003 failed to meet goals: Experts
(ht 15/11/2003)
Trade remedy on agriculture,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2003)
How Nepal can strike WTO deals,
by Yamuna Ghale (Kathmandu Poat, 11/11/2003), Govt working to ratify WTO membership
(Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2003)
Trade deficit widens despite 34.9 per cent rise in exports
(Himalayan Times, 07/11/2003)
Garment export down by 60 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2003), Garment exports to US drop by 60 pc
(Himalayan Times, 07/11/2003)
Free market: Boon or bane,
by Nitu Pandey (People's Review, 06/11/2003)
Coordination lacking in ratification process of Nepal’s entry to WTO
(Rising Nepal, 04/11/2003), WTO ratification may be jeopardised
(Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2003)
Garment exports down 18 pc in September
(Kathmandu Post, 15/10/2003), Bleak picture
(Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2003)
Nepal
Faces Barriers in Ratifying WTO Entry, by Sanjaya Dhakal (One World,
02/10/2003)
Trading stays low in western region
(Himalayan Times, 01/10/2003)
Experts warn of adverse impact of WTO entry
(Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2003), Parliament must to ratify WTO membership: Political leaders
(Himalayan Times, 23/09/2003), WTO membership means big task ahead for Nepal
(Himalayan Times, 25/09/2003)
How Nepal secured berth at WTO,
by Surendra Bhandari (Himalayan Times, 22/09/2003)
Salt Trading to open branches in India, China
(Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2003)
Garment export up by 49pc
(Kathmandu Post, 17/09/2003)
Total trade up despite widening trade deficit
(Kathmandu Post, 16/09/2003)
WTO door to open for Nepal:
Trade protestor commits suicide, by Ameet Dhakal and Bhaskar Sharma
(Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2003), Nepal is newest entrant in WTO fold,
by Ameet Dhakal and Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2003), Entry into global trade
(Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2003), To cheer or not to cheer,
by Hiramani Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2003), WTO berth for Nepal gets the final nod
(Himalayan Times, 13/09/2003), Govt has to amend statute for WTO entry
(Himalayan Times, 18/09/2003), Challenges And Opportunities:
Nepal joins the World Trade Organization - the challenge now is to be able to reap benefits,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 19/09/2003)
Tricks of the trade:
Nepal may have the rug pulled from under it in the WTO, by Navin Singh
Khadka (Nepali Times, 05/09/2003)
Improper exchange rate blamed for poor exports
(Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2003)
Nepal in the WTO,
by Rajendra K. Khetan (Nepali Times, 22/08/2003)
Shrimps amidst sharks,
by Beena Kharel (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2003)
Nepal rejects WTO-plus commitments
(Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2003), ‘Nepal rejected WTO-plus commitments’
(Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2003)
Tibet eyes Nepali rice:
Experts demand broader trade solutions, by Milan Mani Sharma
(Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2003)
Transit trade in Khasa likely to taper off,
by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 08/08/2003)
Nepal gears up for final talks on WTO,
by Bhaskar Sharma, (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2003), Will WTO membership improve governance?,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2003)
Nepali tea exports suffering
(Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2003)
Cotton towel exports plunge 15 per cent
(Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2003)
Nepal’s WTO-talks largely successful:
WTO membership likely in September, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post,
20/07/2003)
Nepal’s position on trade facilitation,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2003)
Bilateral trade relations can help solve other problems
(Kathmandu Post, 28/06/2003)
Govt unveils trade competitiveness study
(Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2003)
WB-led team completes trade study on Nepal,
by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/06/2003)
Total exports increase marginally in 3rd quarter
(Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2003)
Garment exports to US grow for 10 straight months
(Kathmandu Post, 05/06/2003)
Readymade
garments: New Prospects, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 23/05/2003)
Exports of leather products plummet
(Kathmandu Post,22/05/2003)
Aspirations Of Birgunj Dry Port: Myth Or Reality?,
by Ananda B. Shrestha (Spotlight, 16/05/2003)
Why Nepal will not benefit from WTO game?,
by Shanker Man Singh (People's Review, 15/05/2003), Time to put our house in order,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2003)
Vegetable ghee exports to India stalled again:
Exporters ready to pay customs duty, by Milan Mani Sharma (Kathmandu
Post, 14/05/2003)
Handicraft exports fall 8 pc in first nine months
(Kathmandu Post, 08/05/2003)
Exports dip, imports rise, trade deficit with India balloons
(Kathmandu Post, 07/05/2003)
Garment exports to US surge 111 pc in April
(Kathmandu Post, 07/05/2003)
What should Nepal’s position for Cancun be?
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 02/05/2003)
What should Nepal’s
WTO negotiations focus on? by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post,
23/04/2003)
Nepali exports fall prey to SARS, war in Iraq,
by Sanjeeta Kharel (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2003)
Nepal begins exporting sugar to EU
(Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2003)
Nepal’s WTO talks likely to be delayed
(Kathmandu Post, 07/04/2003)
Garment export grows for 8 straight months
(Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2003)
Exports of major items on rising trend
(Kathmandu Post, 31/03/2003)
Exports dip by 10.8pc
(Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2003)
WTO accession talks likely in April
(Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2003)
See also Benefits are potential and intangible,
by Ratnakar Ashikari (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2003), Costs are immediate and real,
by Ratnakar Ashikari (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2003)
Garment export to US surges by 72pc in Feb
(Kathmandu Post, 06/03/2003)
Export Year 2003:
Announced without adequate preparations, by Narayan B Nakarmi (Space
Time Today, 05/03/2003)
Quota system has affected Nepal’s
exports, interview with Tejendra Khanna, former Indian commerce secretary
(Kathmandu Post, 01/03/2003)
Imports up by 175% more than previous year,
by Indra Adhikari (Rising Nepal, 22/02/2003)
Nepal should reap benefits of WTO rating among LDCs : Experts
(Space Time Today, 11/02/2003)
Textiles export to EU on recovery path
(Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2003)
US Senator prepares to move legislation for Nepal
(Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2003)
Garment exports rise for sixth straight month
(Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2003)
Trade Fair attracts 150,000 visitors in 8 days
(Kathmandu Post, 03/01/2003)
Garment exports dip 22 pc in 2002
(Kathmandu Post, 03/01/2003)
Electronic trade point centres to facilitate links with global market
(Space Time Today, 02/01/2003)
Government gears up for Export Promotion Year 2003
(Space Time Today, 01/01/2003)
Export of silver jewellery rises
(Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2002)
Our trade talks,
by AL Pradhanang (Space Time Today, 25/12/2002)
GAN demands service charge exemption for garment exports,
by Shyam Kumar Kamat (Space Time Today, 23/12/2002)
Agricultural trade and WTO regime,
by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (Himalayan Times, 19/12/2002)
Trade relation with China should be reviewed: Traders
(Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2002)
Steep decline in foreign trade: Report
(Space Time Today, 16/12/2002)
Dream trade
(Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2002)
Nepal gets up to 30 pc customs tariff concession:
Slashes its tariff line up to 15 per cent (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2002)
Pashmina exports plunge 38 pc in first quarter
(Kathmandu Post, 15/11/2002)
Garment exports dip by 32 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2002)
SAARC
Trade Fair: Promoting Regional Trade (Spotlight, 01/11/2002)
11th SAARC CEC
Meet: Trade Tasks, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 01/11/2002)
Garment exports show sign of recovery
(Kathmandu Post,05/10/2002)
A closer look at Nepal’s accession bid,
by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2002)
See also WTO membership offers both opportunities & challenges
(Space Time Today, 03/10/2002)
Diagnostic trade study to begin next week,
by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2002)
‘Negotiations unlikely to be conclusive’,
by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2002)
Pashmina exports plunge by 75pc
(Kathmandu Post, 09/09/2002)
Joining The WTO,
by Gunakar Bhatta (Rising Nepal, 06/09/2002)
Annual Foreign Trade Report:
Nepali Economy worst in 25 years (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2002)
Trade with India and others Surprise in the data and Sisyphean task,
by Raghab D. Pant (Himalayan Times, 05/09/2002)
Garment exports jump by 49 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 05/09/2002)
Woollen carpet export dips by 25 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2002)
Raised quota for copper products
insufficient (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2002)
Preparing to join WTO,
by Binod P Bista (Himalayan Times, 15/08/2002)
Leather export dwindles
(Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2002)
Nepal to export sugar to Europe:
EU offers quota under ‘Everything but Arms’, by Milan Mani Sharma
(Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2002)
Traders for quick operation of dry port
(Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2002)
Nepal’s accession to WTO,
by Hari Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2002)
Second round of WTO negotiations likely on July 8
(Kathmandu Post, 25/06/2002)
Major exports in slump
(Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2002)
Trade deficit narrowed despite global economic slowdown
(People's Review, 02/05/2002)
Govt starts distributing export quotas to India
(Kathmandu Post, 27/04/2002)
Micro level problems in Nepal's export sector,
by Suman Kumar Regmi (People's Review, 04/04/2002)
Both exports and imports slump
(Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2002)
Govt begins WTO consultation meets
(Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2002)
Nepali exports to India resumes
(Kathmandu Post, 22/03/2002)
FNCSI demands Import & Export Act
(Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2002)
EU-Nepal textiles trade slows
(Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2002)
System Formulation For Nepal’s Export,
by Suman Kumar Regmi (Rising Nepal, 12/03/2002)
We need trade, not
aid (Nepali Times, 08/03/2002)
Interview with Chandi Raj Dhakal, third vice-president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FNCCI)
Garment exports tumble by 50 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002
Export Market Arrangement,
by Suman Kumar Regmi (Rising Nepal, 04/03/2002)
Third country export from Eastern Region down
(Rising Nepal, 04/03/2002)
Import
Policy: Domestic Disturbance, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 22/02/2002)
Pashmina export takes a tumble
(Rising Nepal, 06/02/2002)
Nepal’s Entry To WTO:
Time To Review Policy Challenges, by Devendra Gauchan (Rising Nepal,
28/01/2002)
Exports to India
(Kathmandu Post, 27/12/2001)
Trade deficit widens by 8.4 per cent
(Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2001)
Nepal knocks on US door for easy garment export,
by Ram Sharan Sedhai and Bijaya Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2001)
Garment export tumbles
(Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2001)
Implications of WTO membership discussed
(Kathmandu Post, 22/11/2001)
Nepal’s main agenda : LDCs’ WTO accession
(Kathmandu Post, 02/11/2001)
Trade deficit narrows; export, import dip
(Kathmandu Post, 02/11/2001)
Concessions required to bridge trade gap
(Kathmandu Post, 15/10/2001)
Import surge knots customs procedure
(Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2001)
Arranging Export Sector,
by Suman Kumar Regmi (Rising Nepal, 12/10/2001)
Promoting Export Trade: Need For Long-Term Strategy,
by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 08/09/2001)
Motivated trade figures
(Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2001)
Trade deficit squeezes
(Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2001)
Phulbari transit lacks influential trade
(Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2001)
But see also Utilisation of Phulbari Route: Bilateral trade on the rise
(Rising Nepal, 04/09/2001)
Export rises by 36% from Eastern Development Region
(Rising Nepal, 12/08/2001)
Barter system of trade scrapped
(Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001)
Pasmina exports record nominal decline
(Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001)
Trading on the high road:
Lo Manthang, by Prakash Khanal (Sunday Post, 05/08/2001)
Leather export surges up
(Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2001)
Nepal can expect to gain much from the WTO membership
(Telegraph, 11/07/2001)
Promoting Export Trade: Finding New Export Areas,
by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 08/07/2001)
Nepal's WTO membership sooner the better,
by Bob Kerr, Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy
(Telegraph, 04/07/2001)
WTO: Weighing pros and cons,
by Hari Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 07/06/2001)
Birgunj dry port operation may take another 3 months,
by Arshan Sthapit (Rising Nepal, 30/05/2001)
Nepal’s accession to WTO likely to delay
(Kathmandu Post, 28/05/2001)
Overseas exports surge by 9.3 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2001)
Chinese consumer goods gaining ground,
by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2001)
Urge US for tariff relief: Garment entrepreneurs
(Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2001)
See also editorial Garment woes
(Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2001)
Economic Diplomacy: Rhetoric Or Reality!
by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 10/05/2001)
So
Say their Excellencies (Business Age, May 2001)
Export
Slowdown: Product Of Fading Markets, Policy Flaws, by
Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 04/05/2001)
WTO, nightmare for policymakers,
by Rajan Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 04/05/2001)
Fair Business: A Tale of Two Trade-shows
(Rising Nepal, 29/04/2001)
WTO dream, proper homework in Nepal ?
by Hari Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 21/04/2001)
Nepal
and WTO: Trading Into the Future, by Bhagirath Yogi
(Spotlight, 13/04/2001)
[Including several other articles]
Trade deficit declines; import, export surge up: NRB
(Kathmandu Post, 07/04/2001)
Issues and opportunities in trade,
by Binod K Karmacharya (Kathmandu Post, 03/04/2001)
Germany potential market for Nepali tea
(People's Review, 29/03/2001)
Export of pashmina roducts plunge,
by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 18/03/2001)
See also Task force formed to study pashmina crisis
(Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2001)
Overseas export growth 13 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2001)
Handicraft exports dwindling
(Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2001)
Nepal can expect to have a say in
WTO (Kathmandu Post, 19/02/2001)
Interview with Keith Rockwell, Spokesman of the WTO
Nepal-China-India trade,
by Rajat Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 15/02/2001)
Exporters sore with govt over delay in EPZ construction,
by Bijay Babu Khatri (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2001)
Overseas exports soar by 24.9 pc
(Kathmandu Post, 25/01/2001)
Nepal and new transit route,
by Rajat Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2001)
Phulbari route not beneficial
(Kathmandu Post, 09/01/2001)
Haldia Port preferable to Calcutta,
by Bijaya Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 07/01/2001)
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