Essential items’ prices remain steady in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of essential food items and fuel remain unchanged during the outgoing week in the capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday.

A worker at the Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol stood at 66afs and of diesel 60afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, sold one kilogram of the commodity for 50afs afghani.

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said the rate of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakhstani flour cost 1,500afs and the rate of a 16-litre tin of Malaysian cooking oil also stayed unchanged at 1,350afs.

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 1,550afs, 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 remained unchanged at 3,850afs as last week, but the amount of Russian variety went up from 2,950afs to 3,000afs.

Afghani exchange rate

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 70.10afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 245afs, the same rates as last week.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 70.30afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 240.

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