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Farmers Won’t Benefit, if Transit Issues inst Solved: Officials

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9 years ago

June 6, 2015

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Officials in chamber of commerce of Afghanistan have stated that if the Pakistan transit issues don’t get resolved 110 thousand tons of fresh fruits will be rotten in current year 2015, which is huge loss for Afghan farmers.

Officials in exporting department of chamber of commerce by expressing concerns, saying this year the fresh fruits harvest increased 60 tons, comparing to last year.

Afghan businessmen have been suffering from different existed challenges in Torkham port, saying taking bribes on custom department in Pakistan are the main issues.

Responsible for exporting department in chamber of commerce Mirzaman Popal said,” we witness 25 % of increasing of fresh fruits,110 thousand fresh fruits are ready to be exported to foreign markets,we are still concerned over Pakistan for not fulfilling their commitments to remove issues causing Afghanistan’s exported goods to be damaged.”

Afghanistan’s apricots, Grapes, and Pomegranate are exported to Europe, India, and United Arab Emirates.

The other Afghan fruits businessman Haji Najwat said,” exporting process of fresh Fruits from Afghanistan is with full of problems, we have to pay three times for municipalities, tolerate other issues on the way till we see our fruits in International markets.”

As we predicated the cultivation of Afghanistan fresh fruits will be increased up to 170 thousand tons by coming 2020, we still need to find best markets for our products,if our problems is removed we could easily get our fruits to foreign markets Mirzaman Popal head of exporting in chamber of commerce added.

Air transportation with heavy charges is the other problem for Afghan businessmen, they are demanding both Afghanistan-Pakistan to pave better plat form for businesses.

Reported by Wahid Nawisa

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Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402

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2 days ago

April 17, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 17, 2024)

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.

This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.

Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.

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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat

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3 days ago

April 15, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 15, 2024)

The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.

According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.

The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.

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Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC

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5 days ago

April 13, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 13, 2024)

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items, and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.

The ministry officials said that for this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.

The ministry’s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.

“We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45 sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic production and it is also expanding.

The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government projects.

“I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development projects,” said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.

Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.