Afghanistan and Pakistan have reached a new agreement to facilitate trade

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has spoken about the efforts to solve the challenges faced by the businessmen of the country with Pakistan.

Nouruddin Azizi, acting head of this ministry, said that they have reached an agreement with Pakistan so that the movement of cars and trade with this country will flow normally in the current solar year.

Most of Afghanistan’s commercial items are exported to Pakistan. Based on information from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Afghanistan exports to Pakistan worth nearly one billion dollars annually.

Nouruddin Azizi said in this regard: “The only point where a problem arose last year was the closure of Torkham and some other ports. Today, God willing, we reached an agreement that the traffic of trucks will be normal in a year.”

Acting Minister of Industry and Trade has added that they have agreed to export 150 thousand tons of Sikh Gul and 100 thousand cubic meters of marble with Turkmenistan and it is going to be exported to this country in the near future.

However, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment has said that in order to prevent losses to the private sector, it is necessary for the two countries to respect the trade agreements made between the two sides.

Mohammad Yunus Mohmand, the first deputy of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment, said: “Based on the agreements made with the government of Pakistan, they should not harm our property, but Pakistan did it, and almost 80% of our transit with Pakistan has now decreased.”

Zalmi Azimi Bazargan says: “Pakistan has imposed a grant for the bank, or that they charge 10% tax, and we will solve the problems that exist in the ports, but Pakistan does not keep its word.”

The blocking of Pakistani crossings for Afghan trucks for several days and the stopping of more than 4,000 containers belonging to the country’s merchants in the port of Karachi was one of the main challenges faced by the merchants in 1402 with Pakistan, which caused huge financial losses to the country’s merchants.