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Nepal Distributive Trade Survey, 2022

Nepal, 2022
Trade, Commerce and Social Services
National Statistics Office
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Identification

Survey ID Number
NPL-NSO-NDTS-2022-v01
Title
Nepal Distributive Trade Survey, 2022
Country
Name Country code
Nepal NPL
Study type
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Series Information
This is the second series of the survey.
Abstract
This report presents the results of the Nepal Distributive Trade Survey, 2022, conducted by the National Statistics Office to measure the economic indicators of the wholesale and retail trade sector in Nepal. The survey covers all types of trade activities, including motor trade and repair, wholesale trade, and retail trade. The survey provides data on the proportion of registered establishments, persons engaged, compensation of employees, operating costs, trade margins, other income, gross fixed capital formation, and changes in inventories. The survey also provides disaggregated data by province and by Central Product Classification (CPC). The report highlights the significant role of the trade sector in the national economy, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by the trade establishments. The report also discusses the methodology, limitations, and recommendations of the survey. The report is intended to serve as a useful reference for the government, private sector, academia, media, and the general public.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Trade Establishment

Version

Version Description
v0.1: Basic raw data, obtained from data entry.
Version Date
2024-02-09

Scope

Notes
The scope of this survey is to provide data on the economic units whose main activity is wholesaling and retailing of any types of goods together with performing services incidental to repair. The survey covers all type of trade activities which includes motor trade and repair, wholesale trade and retail trade
Keywords
Keyword
Trade Survey
NSO
Trade Margin
Establishment
Wholesale and Retail Survey
Distributive trade statistics
Nepal Standard Industrial Classification (NSIC)
Central Product Classification (CPC)

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Provincial
Universe
The survey's target population includes establishments engaged in economic activities specified under Section G of NSIC, encompassing wholesale and retail trade as well as the repair of
motor vehicles and motorcycles. The registered as well as unregistered trade establishments were covered by the survey. All trade establishments located in Nepalese territory are the population
of this survey.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
National Statistics Office Office of the Prime Minister and Council Of Ministers
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation
Government of Nepal GON

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey was designed to provide NSIC 3 digits estimates in national and provincial level. Trade establishments is categorized into four groups based on the number of persons engaged in
establishments. The survey method employed in this study follows a mixed approach. the establishments which have the number of persons engaged greater than or equal to 10 and less
frequent in each province are completely enumerated whereas sampling method is used for other establishments.
Response Rate
The response rate of this survey is 84.99%.
Weighting
The frmae of this survey is trade estaglishments of- National Economic Cenus, 2018 (NEC, 2018). Each trade establishment of NEC, 2018 are give a 5 digit number in according to number given to name of province, 3 digit main NSIC and employment category. Similary, the each sample of Nepal Distributive Trade Survey, 2022 are also given 5 digit number. Then for the each sample of the survey the weight is equal to total number of establishment associated with that 5 digit group in census divided by total number of establishment in that 5 digit group in survey. After the data were received, the non response were adjusted to give new sample weight.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2022-02-13 2022-06-14
Time periods
Start date End date
2020-07-16 2021-07-15
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
The central office conducted regular field visits to supervise and verify the filled up questionnaires during data collection. This proactive approach aimed to minimize errors and ensure the accuracy of the collected data.Furthermore, 33 supervisors, all of whom were Statistical Officers from the Statistics Offices, were involved in overseeing the process.
Data Collection Notes
Altogether, two training programs were conducted. Out of which, one for statisticsl Officer of District statistics office throung online Zoom method and one for enumerators in physcial.
The data collection of the distributive trade survey was done by enumerators who are hired from open vacancy conducted by National Statistics Office. Direct interview method was used for data collection and 107 enumerators were involved for this purpose.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
National Statistics Office NSO Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Minister

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire contained seventeen sections. The contents of the questionnaire are as follows:

Section 1. Introduction Part
Section 2. Legal Status
Section 3.Types of Establishments
Section 4. Major Trade Activities
Section 5. Main Economic Activities
Section 6. Employment, Salaries and Wages, and Other Facilities
Section 7. Operating Cost
Section 8. Description of Purchase and Sale According to Goods
Section 9. Other Income
Section 10. Fixed Assets
Section 11. Stock
Section 12. Tax and Other Fee
Section 13. Financial Activities of Establishment
Section 14. Problems of Establishment
Section 15. Effect of Covid-19
Section 16. Corporate Social Responsibilities
Section 17. Feedback Suggestion

Data Processing

Data Editing
Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:

a) Data editing, coding and entry -National Statistics Office and two district office (Kaski and Morang)
b) Structure checking and completeness - inhouse (NSO)
d) Secondary editing - inhouse (NSO)
e) Structural checking of SPSS data files - inhouse (NSO)
Other Processing
The Software CSPro was used for Data Entry, cleanen in R software and result were proudced through SPSS Package.

Access policy

Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Chief Statistician National statistics Office info@nsonepal.gov.np https://nsonepal.gov.np/
Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Director of Publication and Dissemination Section NSO info@nsonepal.gov.np
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the repsondents is guaranteed by Article 10 of Statistics Act 2022. Restriction on publication of information and details: Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Chief Statistician or to any other officer of the National Statistics Office without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.
Access conditions
The dataset is available for internal use only.It is not accessible for public use.
Citation requirements
National Statistics Office (NSO), Nepal Distributive Trade Survey 2022, information downloaded from http://nsonepal.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-NPL-NSO-NDTS-2024-v01
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
National Statistics Office NSO Government of Nepal Documentation of the study
Date of Metadata Production
2024-01-04
DDI Document version
Version 01 (Jan 2024 ): Original documentation of the study