Islamic Emirate seeks to increase trade with Central Asia
A spokesman for the Taliban’s Commerce Ministry said the value of Afghanistan’s imports from Central Asia last year was $1.4 billion and exports to the region were $100 million.
Abdul Salam Jawad, spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, announced the amount of exports and imports to Central Asian countries, saying that we are trying to balance trade with these countries.
Fresh fruit and dried fruit make up a large part of Afghanistan’s exports to Central Asia and efforts are being made to balance Afghanistan’s exports and imports to these countries, he noted.
According to the ministry’s statistics, Afghanistan exported $417 million from Turkmenistan and $1 million, Uzbekistan worth $214 million and $19 million for exports, $189 million from Kazakhstan and $32 million, $20 million from Tajikistan and $19 million in exports, Kyrgyzstan $ 1 million and $ 7 million from Russia, $ 315 million and $ 4 million from Russia. He had.
“There were $1.481 billion worth of trade, of which $1.381 billion was imported and $100 million in exports,” Abdul Salam Jawad said. Most of our export items include fresh fruit, dried fruit, onions and medicinal plants.”
In order to increase exports to Central Asia, an exhibition will be held in Turkmenistan in less than a month, where Afghan businessmen will also participate, according to the ACCI.
Statistics from the Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce show that up to $2 billion in exports came from Afghanistan in 2023, most of which went to India, Pakistan, China and the United Arab Emirates.
