Fuel prices fall, food items stay stable in Kabul markets

KABUL (Pajhwok): The price of fuel decreased, but that of other daily use items stayed unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Fuel prices down

A worker at the Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol decreased from 76afs to 72afs and of diesel from 63afs to 61afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, said the price of one kilogram of the commodity declined from 54afs to 51afs.

Flour, cooking oil prices

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said the rate of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakhstani flour was 1,600afs and 16-litre tin of Malaysian cooking oil 1,350afs, the same as last week.

He said 24 kilograms of Pakistani rice cost 2,600afs, 49-kilogarm Indian sugar 3,100afs, a kilogram of African black tea accounted for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dahna-i-Bagh Market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,650afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,150afs.

Also, a 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,400afs, one kilogram of black tea 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 stayed stable at 3,800afs and the same amount of Russian variety 2,900afs.

Afghani slightly dips

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 70.30afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 240afs.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 70.10afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 240.

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