🧶 Exporting wool felt products from Nepal

Handmade Nepali felt — balls, slippers, home and pet decor — a growing craft export to the West.

$8MNepal exports (2024)
$333MWorld market
$4.26/kgWorld price

About the product

Wool felt products are handmade from sheep wool: felt balls and rugs, slippers, soft toys, pet beds and home decor. It is a craft-and-design niche with a strong fair-trade story.

Nepal’s position

The US, the Netherlands, the UK and Germany lead — craft, home-decor and pet markets. Fair-trade and handmade positioning is central to the product's appeal.

How to export from Nepal

  1. Register for an EXIM code — One-time exporter registration with the Department of Customs.
  2. Certificate of origin — Chamber/TEPC; fair-trade certification where buyers ask for it.
  3. Quality to buyer spec — Colour-fastness, sizing and finish for retail buyers.
  4. File the export declaration — Clear through customs.

Where Nepal sells it (2024)

Open the live Export ExplorerHS 5602.90 — duty & classification

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Trade figures are indicative (BACI / UN Comtrade, 2024). For official 8-digit, fiscal-year figures see the Department of Customs and TEPC.