Trade with Pakistan reaches over $1.1b in 6 months

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says that the volume of trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first six months of the current solar year has reached $1.108 billion.

In a statement today, the ministry said that during the first six months of 1404, the trade volume between Afghanistan and Pakistan amounted to $1.108 billion, of which $304 million were exports and $804 million were imports.

According to the ministry, Afghanistan’s main export items to Pakistan included coal, cotton, processed talc stone, mung beans, cucumbers, kidney beans, tobacco and lentils.

The source added that the major imported items included rice, cement, medical drugs, cotton textiles, various types of clothing, and potatoes.

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