How WTO KILLED Nepali Garment Industry

25 years ago, there was a booming garment industry in Nepal that brought in more than $200 million in a year. The directly employed worker reached almost a lakh people but just a decade later, it all came crashing down. From the dizzying heights in 1999 to the demise post 2005 but what exactly happened?
Unlike other industries that failed in Nepal whose primary cause was politics and mismanagement, the fall of this industry lies beyond our border. Sit back and lets dive in.
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[@radhasapkota4718]

Hats off to the entire team 👏👏👏 Going through piles and piles of book, resources, papers and others to make such a precise form into a short video with all the important facts and information is not an easy task. Being in this industry, it feels sad to use imported goods and serve the local market for existence.

[@TheNepaliComment]

Thank you

[@jonesubba7760]

Good Brrother (:

[@Bhandaripuja262]

My mom raised me by working on Garment factory..so I have a good memories inside the factory with the childs of other workers 😊

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Same here

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[@CaptPARAS]

Nepal was a leading country in material industries.. its just sad seeing where we have come from then! Political instabillity le desh lai ekdam pachi parya xa.. hopefully good days come.. ❤️ Keep up the contents bro.

[@asim827]

More like government subsidies propping up the industry. The moment it disappeared, Nepal couldn’t compete.

[@me.saugat]

Kaile kahi yesto yesto kura sunda ta yo desh ma basna nai man lagdina

[@aishwaryataparia11]

My dad owned a garment factory during that time. Used to feel so proud seeing our products were gonna be worn by foreigners. 500 workers were employed in our factory. But when the industry collapsed it hit all of our homes hard.

[@roshangiri8830]

Similar experience. My father was a partner in one of such Nepali factories where Products for john players, big bazaar and few US brands were made. Hit hard after the collapse of garments.

[@aishwaryataparia11]

@@atinyshineforever9252 he has now moved on to another industry 🤗

[@abhiall5220]

@@atinyshineforever9252 nepali lai quota chine afnai budhi balbuta ma kehi na garne 500 jana staff lai out and afu le kama ko paisa kharcha garera bidesh padna jane pathaune ani ka stable huncha business .. ragat pasina bagauna paryoo sajilo bato ma huda kam garne ani hard time ma sab palayan kasari yo dess ma develop huncha

[@avyudayakhanal7203]

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[@RS-hn5yn]

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[@NepaliTalkingTomm]

Even my mom used to work for such garment industry in Biratnagar, but in 2010 AD because of political donations & load shedding they shifted the factory to India

[@junmoon7230]

I never knew we had such a early head start in a garment industry but unfortunately our nation politics killed most of our industry, i just hope we can recover from this anyways thanks a lot for making this video, you are great ❤

[@kishurajbanshi7307]

Brother mah garment industry ko ho till date .. tapaiko subscriber 42K vaye Dekhi Saab video heriraaxu .. but never expected tapai garment industry ko video banaunu hunxa vanne .. thank you so much .. malai dherei thaha na vaye Pani etti chai thaha thiyo jaba Raja ( king ) hatyo yo chor neta Harle garment industry dwasta pardyo

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[@diwashrai]

What? Yesto samma thyo hamro Nepal?! Must have felt amaing back then. Great content as always Dipesh Bro.

[@BinodSushmaVlogs]

Informative as always!! I do remember two Garment industries at Hattiban, Lalitpur during my childhood days. The roads used to be flooded with crowd of people during office hours.

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I remember garments factory next to our house while growing up. There were so many small factories in our neighborhood in 90s.

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Or not sure if we already AI tools capable of this if not hire another person to translate and add clear/no flaw English subtitles. ( Maybe the increased audience which most probably will be from land will outweigh the cost of new hire easily )

[@sajandeuja4806]

Bravoo. Brother keep going and expose all the mistakes what government did to our industry and ruin our country 😢😢😢 . Lots of love and support broo😊😊😊

[@bp.pradhan9494]

Imagine Nepal without corrupt politicians where our royal family was not massacred where maoist movement never necessarily took place where our country's laws and constitution were never influenced by foreign politics. Our country would have progressed exponentially.

[@milankc1]

Good video. Time has been changed. Our Nepali community in US has increased significantly, we even have few Nepalese in US government. They can definitely support making trade relationships now on.

[@THEM.T]

Was garment industry the only industry in Nepal?What about other industries? Wasn't it the Indian geopolitics that destroyed the Nepali industry market by buying out the industries but not running them like biratnagar jute mill , Gorkhali rubber ? Can you cover the video how the Biratnagar jute mill and Gorkhali tires failed ?

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[@monikaadhikari3144]

He has a pretty good video about the fall of the other various industries kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5mWZHV6e9t2eZo

[@tyronbasista2729]

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[@VitaminProtein4256]

@Sanjay Gurung then how Bangladesh prosper in textile industry?

[@bibekchaudhary2725]

@sanjaygurung5473 Nepal will not develop until we Nepali have this blame game mentality. This is narrative our so called patriot Political leader made to escape the fact that they eat all the industry and sold to India/China for their own benefit. We should start to be accountable of our own matters.

[@sauravyadav2043]

Good work daju, I am from Nepal janakpur dham,I am watching all your video

[@sanista587]

Currently, i am doing my thesis research on this topic so , this video really helped me alot. Thank you 👍☺

[@TheNepaliComment]

All the best

[@sanista587]

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[@surajsharma-es5gt]

I am also planning to do research in this topic. can you suggest some relevant resources for me.

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[@TheNepaliComment]

Thanks a ton

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Awesome. Thanks for the video. Btw how was the decision biased ethnicity wise as shown in 12:55 to 13:02

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[@faint24]

Hawa muji check (In-Depth story)

[@pqrsandeshbackup]

My mother shared me story how she used to work in garment bunking college to support family.

[@vijaykatuwal3589]

Well researched 👍🏼I still remember the crowd during the break

[@PuranoKalam]

Dherai ramro lagyo yo visayama kura uthaunuvayo.. hami Nepali haru lai euta gyaan aauxa hola

[@starryeyedtara]

Thank you for all your in-depth research and bringing this forgotten industry to the highlights once again.

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The video that i was really looking for.

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[@mjt_emp3ror]

can you also create video on pasmina industry, which was once big Thanks for the research

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The thumbnail thooo

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You can give some solutions also Love your content ☺️ keep going

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Bro yuta yo drmus suntali ko ragsalako pni jawos na 😊

[@Mictesting2233]

Yestai similar 1970- late 1980s tira carpet industry ma pani thriving exports hunthiyo re..but due to some scams by skilled senior workers from Darjeeling such as under invoicing etc etc le barbad pareko industry ...bhanera suneko thiye....dherai manche haru government le pakreko ra kati bhageko darjeeling kurseong tira bhanera suneko thiye...please research on this too.... Many people who couldnt be caught fled while many got wrongfully convicted and punished

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What a comprehensive research!! 👏

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[@SudipSapkota-uh8ze]

It's really sad to see how the WTO policies destroyed the Nepali garment industry. But instead of dwelling on the past, let's brainstorm ways to revive the industry. Perhaps investing in modern machinery and technology, providing better training to workers, and exploring new markets could be some solutions. Could you please suggest another video with the topic of how can we revive those industries and some solutions for this.

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Nice information

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Nepal ko aaile ko export haru k k cha tesma video banauna paryo

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Please make a video regarding laghubitta.

[@TeamKoben]

Awaiting for this ❣️

[@surajshakya7293]

Yeah, when I was child, every senior were somewhere involved in this garment industry, thinking where it disappeared 🤔, now cleared 😀

[@deeman9600]

My dream industry since childhood ❤️

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I got suggestion by my Global Business Issue teacher here in denmark and yet so good content hats off

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This man never dispointed us...

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[@banishbaral818]

Bangladesh took a huge leap forward because of garments industry, and our country thought garment isn't a real industry! 🤦 Buddhi hera bhagwan!

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Thanks for making.see you again

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Notification gang knew the thumbnail was changed

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Can you do a video about the agriculture sector of Nepal & and its future .

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Waiting for next video 😎😎

[@gauravpoudel7288]

Bro hats off for your hard work for all the contents you create

[@bishalthapa7883]

This is absolutely true, Nepal started the textile industry much before Bangladesh.

[@TeamKoben]

पहिलेको नेपालमा विभिन्न फ्याक्ट्रीहरु रहेको पढन पाइयो , त्यो समयमा नेपालको अवस्था र अहिलेको अवस्था हेर्दा आकाश पातालको फरक छ । त्यो Golden Period थियो नेपाल र नेपालीको लागि तर आज ति पुराना बिकासका निम्ति खोलिएको ट्रली बस, गोरखकाली टायर उधोग, जनकपुर चुरोट कारखाना, भृकुटी कागज उधोग आदि इत्यादि लाई राजनीतिका आडमा बन्द गरियो। जसको कारण आज सबै कुराहरु विदेशबाट आयात गर्नुपर्छ। अझै पनि नेपालका नेताहरु हात पाखुरा बलियो भएका हाम्रो साथी , बुबा र दिदि बहिनिलाई विदेश पठाएर आफु सत्ता र शक्तिको आडमा देशलाई झन झन दलदल तिर लग्दैछन । दुखद 🥲

[@dhanjit3483]

Dasdhunga Ko Barema Banaunu Paro Sir

[@arundeula3694]

Kina kina sundai kasto naramro lagcha.. RAJA le kholeko sab factory banda garyo.. NEPALI TALIBAN harule..

[@raksharai4143]

Dai Resham chaudharyko barema ni banaunu hunx?

[@bibekthapaofficial481]

yes even my fathera had garment used to export but due to bank n lack of government its get shutdown and more than 100 workers lost their job

[@MrEngineer_]

Thanks for the research.

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Fantastic. Dherai ramro .

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Thanks to Dhanayuddha and Ganatantra

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The way of presentation is quite impressive 👏

[@sujanmaharjan8170]

GREAT CONTENT. KEEP IT UP DIPESH.

[@SandiipAcharya]

Always awesome content ❤

[@thermal84]

The seaport is a must-have for the garment industry. Nepal should demand a corridor through India to Bangladeshi ports. Many industries can be revived by this.

[@SarthakSabharwalMusic]

Nepal already has access to Kolkata port.

[@bhupendrarawal5363]

म अहिले नेपाल बाहिर छु म नेपाला मा कुनै पनि factry उधोग खोल्न चाहान्छु कुन क्षेत्रमा उधोग खोल्ने भनेर अध्यन गर्दै छु किनभने मैले धेरै क्षेत्र मा सम्भावना देखेको छु ! तर मलाई डर पनि छ कि बिदेश मा १२ घण्टा दुख गरेर कमाएको पैसा नेपाल को भु राजनितिका कारण ले मेरो लगानि सुरक्षित हुदैन कि भन्ने सारै डर छ 😢

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Amazing intro and explaintion but you can do better while ending the video through smooth transition.Hope your channel reaches to 1M subscriber soon!!!

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Awesome ❤🔥 Keep them coming

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As always informative😊❤️

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Please continue this kind of deep research. extremely superb!!!

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Wow your research,content really amazing..

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Thank you for the content