KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of gold and liquified gas decreased while the rates of essential items remained unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Sunday.
A worker of the Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol stood at 70afs and diesel at 86afs.
Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, said the price of one kilogram of the commodity fell from 76afs to 70afs.
Food prices unchanged
Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, told Pajhwok Afghan News the value of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour stayed stable at 2,150afs.
A 24.5-kilogram bag of Pakistani rice accounted for 3,000afs, a 16-litre bottle of Malaysian cooking oil for 1,800afs, a 49-kilogram bag of Indian sugar for 2,750afs one kilogram of African black tea for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs.
But Hamid Sufizada, a retailor on Dahna-i-Bagh market, put the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour at 2,200afs, a 24 kilograms bag of Pakistani rice at 3,050afs, a 49-kilogram sack of Indian sugar at 2,800 afs, a 16-litres cooking oil bottle at 1,850afs, one kilogram of black tea at 400afs and the same quantity of green tea at 450afs.
Gold price down
Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler on Timor Shahi market, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold decreased from 4,550afs to 4,4,00afs and the Russian variety from 3,600afs to 3,500afs.
Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 89.50afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 330afs.
Last week, one US dollar accounted for 89afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 330afs.
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