Business & Economics

A single center has been established to process export documents to facilitate traders, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Saturday.

Exploration, extraction and processing work was initiated at 21 large-scale mines at a cost of 415 billion afghanis since last three years.

The prices of Kazakh flour and Malaysian cooking oil decreased, but the rate of Indian sugar surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

The problems of Afghan and Uzbek traders would be resolved, the acting commerce and industry minister promised at a meeting with businessmen.

A female entrepreneur, who has established a restaurant exclusively for women in northwestern Nimroz province, says she plans to hire more women as her business grows.

China and Turkmenistan have pledged to work for the development of the economic situation in Afghanistan, a statement said on Friday.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has signed six cooperation agreements worth nearly four million US dollars with an international organization and five domestic institutions.

A pen-making factory has begun operations in Maidan Shahr, the capital of Maidan Wardak province, at a cost of one million US dollars.

While expecting support from the government, a number of female handicraft producers in central Daikundi province say they plan to switch to other alternative professions such as embroidery and tailoring due to lack of buyers.

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says the volume of commercial goods’ exports and imports increased last month compared to the previous month.

Over 700 administrative processes of government ministries simplified since the takeover of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), an official said on Tuesday.

Some carpet weavers in northern Baghlan say that their interest in the traditional handicraft industry of carpet weaving has waned due to the lack of attention from the government and institutions.