KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of petrol, diesel, flour and gold increased, while the price of sugar declined and the value of the US dollar rose against the afghani during the outgoing week in Kabul markets.
Fuel prices
Hekmatullah Mohammadi, an employee at the Wazirabad fuel station in Kabul, told Pajhwok that compared with seven days earlier, the price of one litre of petrol increased from 78 afghanis to 80 afghanis, while diesel rose from 73 afghanis to 75 afghanis.
Mohammad Jan Amin, a shopkeeper in Kabul’s Dahan-i-Bagh area, said one kilogram of liquefied gas was sold for 67 afghanis.
Fuel dealers attributed the increase in prices to changes in oil imports from Iran.
Food items
Zamari Safi, head of the Food Traders Union in Kabul, said the wholesale price of a 49-kilogram sack of Indian sugar decreased from 2,770 afghanis to 2,650 afghanis, while the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakh flour increased from 1,550 afghanis to 1,600 afghanis.
According to Safi, the prices of other essential food items remained stable, with a 24-kilogram bag of Indian rice selling for 2,500 afghanis, a 16-litre bottle of Malaysian cooking oil for 2,000 afghanis, one kilogram of African black tea for 380 afghanis and one kilogram of Indonesian green tea for 350 afghanis.
Hamid Sufizada, a retailer in the Dahan-i-Bagh market, said a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakh flour sold for 1,650 afghanis, a 24-kilogram bag of Indian rice for 2,700 afghanis and a 49-kilogram sack of Indian sugar for 2,820 afghanis.
He added that a 16-litre bottle of cooking oil sold for 2,050 afghanis, while one kilogram of black tea cost 400 afghanis and green tea 430 afghanis.
Gold prices up
Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in the Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold increased from 7,020 afghanis to 7,350 afghanis, while Russian gold rose from 5,600 afghanis to 5,850 afghanis per gram.
Gold traders said fluctuations in local gold prices were linked to changes in international markets.
Currency rates
Haji Mohammad Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, told Pajhwok Afghan News that one US dollar was traded at 65.80 afghanis, while 1,000 Pakistani rupees exchanged for 228 afghanis.
Last week, one US dollar traded at 65.70 afghanis, while 1,000 Pakistani rupees exchanged for 230 afghanis.
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