Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Nepal

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $137K of goods from Nepal across 10 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, carrying an effective calculated-duty rate of 9.55%, up from 0.87% the year before. Nepal's largest tracked categories: packaging and filling machinery, internal combustion engines, electric motors and generators. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

  • Tracked imports from Nepal: $137K in 2025 across 10 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
  • Observed effective calculated-duty rate: 9.55% (0.87% the year before), reported Calculated Duties ÷ covered customs value.
  • History depth: 2 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Nepal

  • Packaging and filling machinery
  • Internal combustion engines
  • Electric motors and generators
  • Turbines and fluid-power drives
  • Iron and steel castings and articles

Frequently asked questions

  • How much does the U.S. import from Nepal? across the 10 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Nepal totaled $137K in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.
  • What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from Nepal? In 2025, imports from Nepal had an effective calculated-duty rate of 9.55% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 0.87%.
  • What does the U.S. import most from Nepal? Among tracked manufacturing families, Nepal's largest recent categories are packaging and filling machinery, internal combustion engines, electric motors and generators, turbines and fluid-power drives. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
  • Is the tariff burden on Nepal rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Nepal moved +8.7 points year over year to 9.55% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

  • Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling. MFN-Free and Special-rate fields describe statutory line coverage only; final entry liability requires origin, date, eligibility, exclusions and other transaction facts. Calculated Duties are statistical estimates, not a cash-collections ledger. Confirm classification, origin, program eligibility, and final entry liability with a licensed customs broker.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05.