KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of cooking oil and Kazakh flour increased, while the rates of gold, sugar and fuel decreased in Kabul during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday.
Hikmatullah Muhammadi, an employee at a fuel station in the Wazirabad area of Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of one litre of petrol fell from 87afs to 86afs, while diesel declined from 79afs to 78afs.
Mohammad Jan Amin, a shopkeeper in the Dahan-i-Bagh area of Kabul, said the price of one kilogramme of liquefied gas dropped from 66afs to 65afs.
Fuel sellers attributed the decline in liquefied gas prices to increased imports and lower global prices.
Food items
Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said that compared with seven days earlier, the wholesale price of 49kg of Kazakh flour increased from 1,550afs to 1,600afs, while the price of 16 litres of Malaysian cooking oil rose from 1,950afs to 2,000afs.
Meanwhile, the price of a 49kg bag of Indian sugar declined from 2,700afs to 2,650afs.
He said the prices of other essential food items remained unchanged, with a 24kg bag of Indian rice selling for 2,500afs, one kilogramme of African black tea at 380afs and one kilogramme of Indonesian green tea at 350afs.
He noted that retail prices differed slightly from wholesale prices in some cases, while the difference was more significant in others.
Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at the Dahan-i-Bagh market, put the retail price of a 49kg bag of Kazakh flour at 1,650afs, a 24kg bag of Indian rice at 2,550afs and a 49kg bag of Indian sugar at 2,700afs.
A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil sold for 2,050afs, while one kilogramme of black tea cost 430afs and one kilogramme of green tea cost 400afs, he added.
Gold prices down
Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in the Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gramme of Arabian gold fell from 7,400afs to 7,240afs, while the price of the same quantity of Russian gold declined from 5,900afs to 5,770afs.
Gold dealers attributed fluctuations in local gold prices to changes in international markets.
Currency exchange rates
Haji Mohammad Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said the US dollar traded at 64.20afs, while 1,000 Pakistani rupees exchanged for 226afs.
During the previous week, the US dollar traded at 64.70afs, while 1,000 Pakistani rupees exchanged for 225afs.
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