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N T I S2010Gender Impact: The respondents stated that the industry provides high opportunities for women employment.The share of women in visited companies is well above 50 per cent, but mostly for low-skill jobs, such aspacking. However, official employment data for 2006/07 indicates that only 25 per cent of the total workersemployed were women.Impact on Development of Disadvantaged Regions: There is no particular impact on disadvantaged regions,except for possible backward linkages to the wheat sector.Energy and Water Constraints: The energy intensity of this sector is considered average. The productionrequires electricity and water, and industry sources stated that the supply of both is often problematic. All thefactories have their own sources of back-up supplies of water and electricity, which increases their productioncosts.Environmental Impact: There are no particular negative environmental effects of this sector.Market Attractiveness IndexInstant noodles mainly fall under HS 1902.19, ‘Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared’. A lot ofother pasta products fall under this category, such as ‘ravioli’ or other products which are entirely differentfrom the type of instant noodles that are popular in most parts of Asia. Therefore, trade data could not beused to identify promising markets. The table shows the 10 largest markets in terms of consumption andconsumption growth (for which data is available), together with tariff data. Out of the 10 largest markets,Nepal currently exports only to India. It can be assumed that instant noodles are mainly produced locally inthese markets. Nepal would also face very high tariff barriers in many of them.Table 2.22Attractive Markets for Instant NoodlesAttractive markets for Instant noodles (HS 1902.11/19)Top 10 - Market Attractiveness Index by market sizeRank CountryExports Nepal World market Growth rate Tariff for Tariff(2008) share (2004-2008) Nepal advantage1 China, Hong Kong - 48.3% 3.7% 15% 0%2 Indonesia - 14.6% 3.3% 5% 0%3 Japan - 5.4% -2.0% 20-30% 20-30%4 USA - 4.6% 3.3% 0-6% 0-6%5 Vietnam - 4.2% 12.1% 50% 0%6 Republic of Korea - 3.6% -2.2% 8% 0%7 Philippines - 2.7% 0.0% 15% 0%8 Thailand - 2.3% 5.1% 30% 0%9 Russia - 2.1% 7.1% 15% 0%10 India 9,150 1.7% 38.0% 30% 30%NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT55