Contribution to Forex: In its heydays, during 2000/01, Nepalese garments used to export their products worth around 14 billion rupees – mostly to the US. Now, the garment industrialists say, this export has dwindled down by around 50 percent.
Employment: 50,000 – half of them women (direct employment). Employees mostly constitute unskilled and uneducated masses. This accounts for 12% of the employment in manufacturing.
Investment: Rs 6 billion. Just over 200 factories operating in Nepal.
Contribution to Export Trade: 18%
Export Market: United States (80%), EU, Canada etc.