Food items, gold prices surge in Kabul markets

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Kazakh flour, Indian sugar, Malaysian cooking oil and gold increased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakhstani flour surged from 1,450afs to 1,500afs a 49-kilogram Indian sugar from 2,350afs to 2,450afs.

Also the rate of a 16-litre cooking oil went up from 1,500afs to 1,700afs, but a 24-kilogarm bag of Pakistani rice remained unchanged at 2,600afs, a kilogram of African black tea at 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea at 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 2,500afs.

A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,750afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs, he added.

Gold prices up

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweler in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold increased from 4,750afs to 4,800afs, the same amount of the Russian variety from 3,750afs to 4,800afs.

Fuel prices

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok said the price of one litre petrol stayed stable at 59afs and the rate of diesel at 61afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kolola Pushta neighborhood, said the price of a kilogram of the commodity sold for 48afs.

Haji Hussain, owner of Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 67afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees consumed 240afs, compared to their last week’s 67.20afs and 240afs respectively.

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