Flour, sugar prices down, US dollar up in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): In addition to the appreciation of US dollar against afghani, the prices Kazakh flour and Indian sugar increased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 67.20afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 240afs, compared to their last week’s 65.60afs and 235afs respectively.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakhstani flour decreased from 1,500afs to 1,450afs a 49-kilogram Indian sugar from 2,450afs to 2,350afs.

But a 16-litre cooking oil remained unchanged at 1,500afs and a 24-kilogarm bag of Pakistani rice cost 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 1,500afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice at 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,400afs.

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

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok said the price of one litre petrol stayed stable at 59afs and the rate of diesel for 61afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kolola Pushta neighborhood, said the price of a kilogram of the commodity sold for 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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