Kabul and Astana to hold joint expo to promote domestic products

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) in a statement has announced the holding of a joint expo between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan to promote domestic products.

The expo is expected to be launched in July this year in Kazakhstan.

The ministry said on Monday in the statement that domestic products of Afghanistan would be showcased at the expo.

According to the ministry, such expos are a good opportunity to introduce the domestic products of the country to international markets.

“In this expo, our different production sectors will display their products and it is a good opportunity to introduce domestically produced products of Afghanistan,” said Sakhi Ahmad Peyman, deputy of the Chamber of Industries and Mines.

“Therefore, it is an opportunity for our industrialists, those who are involved in agricultural products, industrial products, soft drinks, etc,” he added.

Meanwhile, traders who have invested millions of dollars in Afghanistan ask MoIC to make more effort in the area of holding expos for Afghan products.

The investors who are going to showcase their products in the expo say the domestic products of Afghanistan have a good market in Central Asia.

Economic experts meanwhile have said that there are many capacities in the markets of Central Asian countries, so the ministry of commerce should make efforts to provide the ground for holding more expos.

Despite all this, Afghan investors always complain that due to the increase in poverty and economic problems, the market for their sales inside the country is weak and they are also facing problems in exporting their products to foreign countries.