Diesel, liquefied gas prices down in Kabul markets

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of diesel, liquefied gas and Russian gold decreased, but that of petrol surged in Kabul in the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday.

Fuel prices

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok said the price of petrol increased from 61afs to 63afs, but the rate of diesel went down from 64afs to 60afs.

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

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakhstani flour remained unchanged at 1,500afs and a 49-kilogram Indian sugar stayed stable at 2,500afs and a 16-litre cooking oil at 1,450afs.

And a 24-kilogarm bag of Pakistani rice cost 2,600afs, a kilogram of African black tea 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea 350afs, registering no change in their prices.

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 2,550afs.

A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,500afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs, he added.

Gold prices

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold was sold for 4,750afs, the same amount of the Russian variety decreased from 3,750afs to 3,700afs.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 68.40afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 240afs, compared to their last week’s 68.50afs and 245afs respectively.

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