Majority of traders across the 23 surveyed districts, reported that food stocks were adequately available in the market to meet demand. However, insufficient food stocks were observed mainly in provinces with relatively large number of consumers and urban markets, such as in Bagmati province, where 43 percent reported that stocks are inadequate to meet demand. A similar trend was observed for non-food commodities, where insufficient stocks were observed mainly in Bagmati province. Certain commodities were found to be scarce- almost all traders reported that edible oil was insufficient (91%), followed by rice (64%) and pulses (45.5%). Fuel shortage was only reported in Bagmati province, by 67 percent of traders. Moreover, more than 71 percent of traders in Bagmati province reported that edible oil and rice would likely be scarce in the coming months, followed by wheat and pulses (43% percent each). In Karnali province, 25 percent of traders reported concerns about potential scarcity of edible oil, and 12.5 percent for rice. Similarly, in Province 2, potential scarcity of edible oil and pulses was each raised by 14 percent of traders.