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Trade deficit jumps 22 percent to over Rs 990b in first nine months

Nepal’s trade deficit in the first nine months of the fiscal year jumped almost 22 percent year-on-year due to a spike in imports of oil, bitumen, aircraft parts and cereal. The deficit reached Rs991.78 billion at the end of the third quarter. Trade deficit jumps 22 percent to over Rs 990b in first nine months
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Rajesh Khanal
Published at : May 10, 2019
Updated at : May 10, 2019 08:04
Kathmandu

Rajesh Khanal

Rajesh Khanal is a business reporter for The Kathmandu Post covering insurance, the capital market, trade and macroeconomic issues. Khanal has also taught economics at a number of colleges in Kathmandu.


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