Sugar, rice prices down; gold, gas up in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Indian sugar and Pakistani rice decreased, but the rates of liquefied gas and gold surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said Saturday.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the prices of a 49-kilogram sack of Indian sugar went down from 2,820afs to 2,800afs and the rate of 24-kilogarm bag of Pakistani rice from 2,650afs to 2,600afs.

But the rate of a 16 liters tin of Malaysian cooking oil stayed stable at 1,400afs and a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakhstani flour and 49-kilogram was sold for 1,500afs, a kilogram of African black tea for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs, the same rates as last week’s.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dehna-i-Bagh Market, put the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour at 1,550afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice at 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,850afs.

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

Fuel prices

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok the prices of one litre of petrol remained unchanged at 62afs and the rate of diesel at 63afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kolola Pushta neighborhood, said the price of a kilogram of the commodity surged from 48afs to 50afs.

Gold prices

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold increased from 4,350afs to 4,450afs and the same amount of the Russian variety from 3,450afs to 3,500afs.

Afghani vs dollar

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 71afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 250afs.

Last week, one US dollar was accounted for 70.80afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 250afs.

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