Sugar, gold prices surge in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): Prices of sugar and gold surged while rates of other items remained stable during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Sunday.

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, told Pajhwok Afghan News the price of a 49-kilogaram bag of Indian sugar jumped from 3,370afs to 3,500afs.

He said, as two weeks ago, the price of 49-kilogram Kazakh flour stood at 1,850afs, 24.5 kilograms of Pakistani rice at 3,000afs and a 16-liter tin of Malaysian cooking oil at 1,750afs.

By the same token, he recalled, a kilogram of African black tea accounted for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer on the Dahna-i-Bagh market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,900afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 3,050afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,550afs.

Similarly, he said, a 16-litre tin of cooking oil accounted for 1,800afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs.

Gold rate surges

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold rose from 4,450afs to 4,500afs and the same amount of Russian variety from 3,500afs to 3,550afs.

Fuel prices unchanged

A worker at the Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol was 70afs and diesel 72afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, said the rate of one kilogram of the commodity stood stable at 56afs.

Afghani exchange rate

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said that one US dollar traded at 86.70afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 303afs.

Two weeks ago, one US dollar accounted for 86.10afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 303afs.

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