Nepal continued to be Tibet's top trade partner with bilateral trade up 90.2 percent year on year in January to 59.67 million U.S. dollars, the local customs of the autonomous region in southwest China said Sunday.

In January, Tibet generated 87.66 million U.S. dollars in foreign trade, a 39.6-percent year-on-year rise, and trade with Nepal accounted for 68.1 percent.

The monthly total included 81.72 million U.S. dollars of exports, up 57.8 percent.

Last year, bilateral trade between Tibet and Nepal stood at 542 million U.S. dollars, up 65 percent over the previous year.

Nepal has remained the top trade partner of Tibet since 2001.

Tibet generated 836 million U.S. dollars in foreign trade in 2010, up 107.9 percent year on year. The growth rate was more than 200 percent higher than the national average of 34.7 percent.