Nearly three months after the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) announced a ban on the use, purchase and sale of “Cacao King”, a cocoa-based weight-gain product, it is still being sold in some shops in the capital Kabul.
The first shipment of Chinese goods has arrived in the Rozung Station in Western Herat province through the Iranian railway track, an official said on Friday.
Trade volume between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be increased from one billion dollars to three billion dollars, the Minister of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) said on Thursday.
Asafoetida Sellers and Exporters Union says as many as 840 tonnes of asafetida was exported from northern Balkh province this year, showing a two-fold surge compared to last year.
A special market for the sale of raisins opened on Tuesday at a cost of 200 million Afs and put into operation in Ghazni City, the capital of southern Ghazni province, an official said.
A number of fuel suppliers in northern Balkh province complain about a sluggish firewood and coal market and say they have lost most of their customers.
The Ministry of Mine and Petroleum has signed an agreement worth 145 million afghanis with a private company to build a cement production factory in central Logar province.
In a small forge in the heart of western Herat city, the capital of western Herat province, 49-year-old Ahmad Shah is striving to keep the blacksmithing industry alive.
Some handicraft workers in southern Helmand province who produce handicrafts in their houses have complained about the lack of a special market for their products.
