Business & Economics

Chamber of Commerce officials say more than 23,000 tonnes of pomegranates, worth 10.56 million US dollars, have been exported from southern Kandahar province to various countries so far this year.

The Afghanistan National Standards and Quality Authority says 74 tonnes of substandard steel bar imported from Iran was denied entry at the Shaikh Abu Nasr Farahi port.

For the first time, handcrafted decorative glassware from western Herat province has been exported to Europe and the United States.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has announced plans to establish advanced laboratories worth 233 million afghanis to test the quality of minerals across the country.

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says 18,000 tonnes of crude oil extracted from the Qashqari block in the Amu Darya basin has been sold for $10.5 million through an open bidding.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Sunday signed an investment term sheet with DP World to equip Afghanistan’s commercial ports with modern technology, an official said.

A plastic bag and thread production factory costing about six million US dollars has been inaugurated in northern Balkh province.

Representatives of Pakistan’s industrial sector have warned that the closure of the Torkham and Chaman crossings is causing severe commercial losses and putting pharmaceutical exports worth nearly 200 million US dollars at risk.

Officials of a confectionery factory in northern Jawzjan province and a workshop producing traditional Gand Afghani clothing in Kabul report a significant boost in their businesses following coverage by Pajhwok Afghan News.

The prices of cooking oil and Russian gold surge while the rates of rice decreased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

For the first time, a manufacturing firm in the industrial park of western Herat province has exported a 50-tonnes consignment of jam and pickles to the United States.

Ariana Afghan Airlines (AAA) has signed an agreement for a new charter cargo plane, which is expected to arrive in the country soon and provide fast and reliable services for transporting export and import goods for national traders.