Carpet Export Shows Hope

Export of Nepali carpet has shown the signs of improvement after 10 years of decline that had started in fiscal year 1999-2000.

According to Lanka Man Roka, President of Nepal C a r p e t Exporter’s Association, the carpet export figure in 2009/10 was 681 t h o u s a n d square metres which increased to 694 thousand square metres in 2010/11. Export in 2009/10 was the lowest in last 10 years. In 1999/2000, Nepal’s carpet exports stood at 2.59 million square metres.

In 1999/2000, Nepal had earned US$ 142.3 million from carpet exports. That declined to US$ 51.5 million in 2009/10. In 2010/11 carpets worth US$ 60 million were exported.