Balance of payments and trade gap

Balance of payments and trade gap

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Foreign Trade & Export Management in Nepal (MKT 252)

Unit 3: Balance of Payments and Adjustment

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of balance of payments and trade gap.
• Apply the relevant marketing concepts to a defined customer group, market or business decision.

Curriculum Scope

• Nature and components of balance of payments
• Review of Nepal’s balance of trade and balance of payments situation
• Reasons for widening gap between import and export

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. External accounts

   1. BOP components and trade balance.
   2. Different coverage and definitions.
   3. Use dated official Nepalese data.

2. Trade gap

   1. Compare imports and exports consistently.
   2. Examine documented explanations.
   3. Avoid treating the trade deficit as identical to the whole BOP balance.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 103–105.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.