KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of flour and Russian gold have slightly increased while the rates of other items remain steady this week in the capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday.
Food Traders Union head, Fazal Rahman told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of 49 kilograms of Kazakhstani flour increased from 1,130 Afghanis to 1,160 Afghanis this week.
He linked the hike in flour price to closure of the country’s borders with Pakistan imports a portion of flour from Pakistan too, he said.
Pakistan shut its borders with Afghanistan on February 15. However, Fazal Rahman said the closure of borders did not impact the prices of other essential items.
He said 49kg of Pakistani sugar cost 2,230afs, 24.5 kilograms of Pakistani rice 1,600afs and a tin of 16 liters of Khurshid ghee 1,100afs, the same prices of last week’s.
Haji Rahmatullah, a tea seller in Kabul Mandavi, said a kilogram of Madina green tea cost 240afs and the same amount of African black tea 260afs, the same rates as of last week’s.
Ahmad Sharif, who owns a grocery store in Taimani neighborhood, said a 49kg bag of Kazakhstani flour was sold for 1,280afs, 49kg sack of Pakistani sugar for 2,290afs.
He sold 16-litre tin of Khurshid ghee for 1,180afs, 24.5kg sack of Pakistani rice for 1,800afs, a kilo of Madina green tea for 280afs and the same quantity of African black tea for 300afs -- higher than wholesale prices.
The price of Russian gold also increased. Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Russian gold increased from 1,800afs to 1,850afs while the price of the same quantity of Arabian variety remained steady at 2,300afs.
However, the prices of liquefied gas and fuel remain unchanged. Ahmad Siyar, a gas seller in Kolola Poshta, sold a kilogram of gas at 55afs, the same rate as of last week’s.
Abdul Hadi, a worker at Wazirabad Fuel Station, said a liter of petrol cost 45afs and the same quantity of diesel 41afs, registering no change.
Sayed Islam, a firewood seller in Charahi-i-Shahid area of Kabul, said 560 kilograms of peeled oak cost 6,900 afghanis and the same quantity of cedar 6,700afs, the same rates of the last week.
According to moneychangers’ union in Sara-i-Shahzada, one US dollar was accounted for 67.65afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 624afs against last week's 66.45afs and 625afs.
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