Over $1.3 Billion Exports from Afghanistan, Claim Taliban Officials
Taliban officials announced on Tuesday that in the past year, Afghanistan’s export to 10 countries has reached 1 billion and 364 million dollars.
Nuruddin Azizi, the Acting Minister of Industries and Commerce of the Taliban, said that China has exempted tax of 98 items from Afghanistan.
According to Azizi, among others, about one million square meters of carpets and rugs were exported too.
Azizi, however, said that the amount of Afghanistan's exports to Uzbekistan has declined compared to the previous year.
Azizi stressed that talks are underway to increase exports from Afghanistan and attract more investments in the country.
He said that Turkey, China, United Emirates, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Russia have expressed interests in investment, particularly in the mining sector of Afghanistan.
Azizi said that in the current solar year, the Ministry of commerce and industries has issued 6,300 business licenses of which around 100 are issued to foreign companies.
According to him, in the latest development, Iran's commercial cargo was recently transported to Tajikistan through Afghanistan.
