Food items, fuel prices down in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): In addition to the appreciation of afghani against US dollar, the outgoing week saw the prices of food items and fuel decreased in Kabul, market sources said on Sunday.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 65.60afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 235afs, compared to their last week’s 66.80afs and 240afs respectively.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakhstani flour declined from 1,550afs to1, 500afs, a 49-kilogram Indian sugar from 2,600afs to 2,450afs and a 16-litre cooking oil from 1,600afs to 1,500afs.

And a 24-kilogarm bag of Pakistani rice cost down from 2,650afs to 2,600afs, a kilogram of African black tea 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea 350afs, registering no change in their prices.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dehna-i-Bagh Market, put the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour at 1,550afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice at 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,500afs.

A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,550afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs, he added.

Fuel prices down

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok said the price of petrol went down from 63afs to 59afs and the rate of diesel from 62afs to 61afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kolola Pushta neighborhood, said the price of a kilogram of the commodity dropped from 50afs to 48afs.

Gold prices

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold was sold for 4,750afs, the same amount of the Russian variety for 3,750afs.

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