The workplace of the primary deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdullah Ghani Baradar, stated that Afghanistan’s exports overseas have reached $1.85 billion over the previous seven months.
In line with Baradar’s workplace, exported items went to Pakistan, India, Iran, China, UAE, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Iraq.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, stated that a lot of the exports went to Pakistan, India, Tajikistan and China.
“We are attempting to extend our exports this yr from the earlier years,” he stated.
In line with the ministry’s statistics, practically $744 million price of products have been exported simply to Pakistan.
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Trade stated that the exports with Pakistan have doubled.
“In comparison with final yr, exports have doubled, particularly coal and fruits,” stated the top of the joint chamber, Naqibullah Safi.
In the meantime, some merchants imagine that the usage of air-corridors will pave the best way for a rise of Afghanistan’s exports.
“It has been one yr because the air-corridors have closed. Previous to that, we had exports by way of air-corridor to China, UAE, Tajikistan and Central Asia,” stated Zalmai Azimi, a dealer.
“Our carpets haven’t but been exported in a correct means. The rationale for that is that common promoting and advertising and marketing haven’t been finished in order that the carpets can discover a market in China,” stated Salma Reha, an Afghanistan dealer in China.
Carpets, dried and recent fruits, greens, coal, medicinal vegetation and semi-precious stones are the principle exported items.
The Nationwide Statistics and Data Authority (NSIA) stated that greater than 8.2 million residents have obtained Digital Id Playing cards (IDs).
Talking at a press convention on Thursday to share particulars of the one-year exercise of the NSIA, the top of the authority, Faqeer Mohammad Ziar, stated that the method of printing digital IDs have resumed contained in the nation.
“You already know that the method of distributing and printing (digital identification playing cards) has been slowed down not too long ago as a result of a few of the gear broke down and we confronted a scarcity of some supplies for printing the digital identification playing cards,” stated Faqir Mohammad Ziar, head of the NSIA.
“2.17 million digital identification playing cards have been distributed throughout the nation,” stated Mohammad Sabir Khan Stanikzai, deputy chief of the NSIA.
In line with the top of the NSIA, 23 people have been dismissed on expenses of corruption over the previous 12 months.
“23 folks have been dismissed on expenses of corruption. Two instances have been referred to the Lawyer Common’s Workplace (AGO),” he stated.
In the meantime, Stanikzai stated there was a 7 p.c enhance in Afghanistan’s export overseas in comparison with the earlier yr. The imports have dropped by 22 p.c in comparison with the earlier yr, he stated.—Tolonews
