The Afghanistan Standards and Quality Authority (ASQA) says it has rejected a shipment of substandard batteries at Sheikh Abu Nasr Farahi port and returned it to the exporting country.
A Turkish firm has evinced keen interest in investing in electricity generation from water resources, turbine maintenance and repair, installation of modern high-capacity turbines and capacity building of technical staff in Afghanistan.
Significant progress has been made on the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, with 91 kilometres of the route in western Herat province now prepared for pipeline installation.
Afghan traders, led by the Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, have agreed to sign direct contracts with major pharmaceutical manufacturers in Bangladesh and to import medicines from the country to Afghanistan.
A Chinese consortium, Afghan Yuchang (AYCC) Investment Company, plans to invest in generating nearly 400 megawatts of electricity from coal in Kabul and northern Takhar province.
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Wednesday announced that medicines imported from neighbouring Pakistan will no longer be processed in Afghanistan after February 9, urging traders to complete all related commercial transactions before the deadline.
The Afghan Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce and his Bangladeshi counterpart have agreed to organise joint exhibitions, appoint commercial attachés in both countries and establish a joint committee to address barriers to trade.
A three-day exhibition showcasing domestic products has commenced in the northwestern Nimroz province, aimed at supporting local producers and promoting Afghan goods.
After the publication of a Pajhwok report on Zeb-ul-Nisa, the founder of a tailoring workshop in northern Jawzjan, the province’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce has extended support to her and provided training and advisory opportunities.
Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Mawlawi Ahmadullah Zahid travelled to Bangladesh on Sunday as head of a delegation aimed at expanding trade and economic ties.
Local officials in western Herat province have begun distributing international vehicle number plates to taxis, buses and cargo trucks operating between Afghanistan and Iran.
