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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND ACTION MATRIX
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Commerce
Kathmandu
2016
NEPAL
TRADE
INTEGRATION
STRATEGY
2016

Nepal Trade Integration Strategy 2016
(NTIS 2016)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND ACTION MATRIX
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Commerce
Kathmandu 2016

GoN/MoC, 2016. Nepal Trade Integration Strategy 2016: Executive Summary and Action
Matrix. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal, Ministry of Commerce
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Table of Contents
List of Tables viii
NTIS Review and Update Steering Committee ix
Contributors x
Abbreviations and Acronyms xi
1. Introduction 1
2. Lessons and Challenges to Nepal’s Export Development and Trade Competitiveness 2
3. Objectives of NTIS 2016 5
4. Strategic Outcomes of NTIS 2016 5
5. Recent Trade Performance and Market Access Conditions 6
6. Non-Tariff Measures and Other Cross-cutting Issues 9
7. Priority Export Potentials 14
8. Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and
Threats (SWOT) of Priority Export Potential Goods and Services 18
9. Implementation Mechanisms for NTIS 2016 30
10. Monitoring and Evaluation 33
11. NTIS 2016 Action Matrix 37

List of Tables
Table 1 Development Goal and Strategic Outcomes of NTIS 2016 6
Table 2 Exports, Imports and Inflow of Remittance 2002/03-2012/13 7
Table 3 Nepal’s Goods Export by Major Destination 8
Table 4 Nepal’s Foreign Market Access Indicators 9
Table 5 Comparative Analysis of Quality of
Transport Infrastructure of Nepal 10
Table 6 Competitiveness of Nepalese Trade Facilitation
(Export) within Region, 2013 11
Table 7 Criteria and Weightage for Selecting Priority Export
Potential Goods and Services 14
Table 8 Priority Export Potential Sectors 15
Table 9 Export Performance and Inclusive Sustainable Development Impact 16
VIII

NTIS Review and Update Steering Committee
Mr. Naindra Prasad Upadhaya, Secretary, MoC Chairperson
Mr. Toya Narayan Gyawali, Joint Secretary, MoC and NIU Chief Member
Mr. Jib Raj Koirala, Joint Secretary, MoC Member
Mr. Udaya Chandra Thakur, Joint Secretary, MoAD Member
Mr. Laxman Aryal, Joint Secretary, MoF Member
Ms. Yam Kumari Khatiwada, Joint Secretary, MoI Member
Mr. Rishiram Sharma, Joint Secretary, OPMCM Member
Mr. Dilli Raj Ghimire, Joint Secretary, MoLJPA Member
Mr. Durga Bahadur Subedi, Joint Secretary, MoFA Member
Mr. Lal Shankar Ghimire, Joint Secretary, NPC Member
Ms. Jacqualine Groth, Deputy Chief, German Embassy, Kathmandu (DF) Member
Mr. Pashupati Murarka, President, FNCCI Member
Mr. Narendra Kumar Basnyat, President, CNI Member
Dr. Posh Raj Pandey, Chairman, SAWTEE Expert Member
Mr. Buddhi Prasad Upadhyaya, Under Secretary, MoC Member Secretary
IX

Contributors
Dr. Thierry Noyele, New York, International Consultant
PACE Nepal Pvt. Ltd, National Consultant, the following experts contributed:
Mr. Prachanda Man Shrestha, Team Leader, National team of consultants