Fuel prices down, gold up in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The price of fuel decreased, while the rates of Russian gold surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok Afghan News the rate of one litre of petrol fell from 61afs to 59afs and diesel from 58afs to 55afs.

He added the price of one kilogram of liquefied gas went down from 50afs to 48afs.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said today, as last week, the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakh cost 1,300afs.

Similarly, the price of a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice remained unchanged at 2,600afs. A 49-kilogram bag of Indian sugar remained stable at 2,500afs and a 16-litre bottle of Malaysian cooking at 1,650afs.

He added one kilogram of African black tea accounted for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dahna-i-Bagh market, put the retail price of a 49-kg bag of Kazakh flour at 1,350afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice at 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,550afs.

A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil cost 1,700afs, he said, adding one kilogram of black tea accounted for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs.

Gold

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Russian gold increased from 4,700afs to 4,800afs and the same amount of Arabian gold remained unchanged at 6,100afs.

Afghani vs dollar

Haji Mohammad Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said the local currency strengthened during the week as one US dollar was traded at 70.30afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 240afs.

During the previous week, one US dollar accounted for 70.70afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees 245afs. The spike in the afghani value is essentially linked to periodic dollar auctions by the central bank.

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