Business & Economics

The Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) has collected 31.5 billion afs revenue so far this year and paid off $227 million to the neighbouring countries for electricity purchase, an official said on Sunday.

Factory owners in Sharana, the capital of southeastern Paktika province, say the lack of government electricity and an industrial park have negatively affected their businesses and created numerous challenges for them.

The Khost Chamber of Commerce and Industries says that 4,500 tonnes of dried fruits worth $11.5 million have been exported through Ghulam Khan crossing in southeastern Khost province.

Prices of flour and cooking oil went down, but gold, fuel and liquefied gas rates surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

The demand for tree saplings and flowers has witnessed a significant increase in eastern Nangarhar province, with a noticeable rush of buyers at local nurseries as the spring season approaches.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Lead and zinc mines exploration contract in the Yaka Walang district of central Maidan Wardak province worth of over 83 million afs has been signed, an official said on Wednesday.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) will build 13 standard commercial markets in central Logar province, an official said . .

The Chamber of Craftsmen and Shopkeepers in Balkh says 108 shoe-manufacturing factories are currently operating in the province, collectively producing 12,000 pairs of shoes on a daily basis.

The government has inked an agreement with a Turkish company worth $6.2 million for extraction and processing of Dara-i-Noor marble mine in southern Kandahar province.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The Chamber of Commerce and Investment of central Logar province says the province exported over 1.1 million tonnes of agriculture . . .

Afghanistan exported and imported goods worth 12 billion and 422 million US dollars in 2024, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) said on Monday.

About 159,000 metric tonnes of cotton has been produced in the country in 1403 solar year, showing a 30 percent surge, the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) said on Monday.