Flour, petrol prices up & food stable in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Kazakhstani flour and petrol increased and other essential items remained unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Ahmad, worker at Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre petrol jumped from 65afs to 67afs, but the rate of diesel stayed stable at 63afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, sold one kilogram of the commodity was sold for 56afs.

Flour price surged

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said the rate of 49 kilograms of Kazakh flour surged from 1,600afs to 1,650afs.

He said the 24.5-kilogram sack of Pakistani rice accounted for 3,000afs, a 16-liter tin of Malaysian cooking oil 1,700afs, 49-kilogram of Indian sugar 3,550afs, a kilogram of African black tea 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea accounted for 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at the Dahna-i-Bagh Market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,700afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 3,050afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,600afs.

Also, a 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,750afs, one kilogram of black tea for 450afs and the same quantity of green tea for 400afs.

Gold prices

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold was 4,450afs and the same amount of Russian variety 3,500afs.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 85.70afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 290.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 85afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 290afs.

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