The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that the total trade volume between Afghanistan and India in the solar year 1403 (March 2024 – March 2025) reached $890 million.
According to Abdul Salam Jawad, spokesperson for the ministry, Afghanistan exported goods worth $627 million to India, while imports from India totalled $263 million. Jawad shared the figures in a video message published on the social media platform X on Tuesday.
Key Afghan exports to India included dried figs, saffron, raisins, cumin, and almonds, he said. Over the same period, Afghanistan imported sugar, raw materials for industrial companies, cotton textiles, vehicle parts, machinery, and various other goods from India.
Previously, Khan Jan Alokozay, a member of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, had stated that Afghan exports to India were valued at $500 million last year, indicating a significant rise in trade activity.
According to India’s Ministry of Commerce, there have been notable shifts in trade patterns with Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. India’s imports from Afghanistan have increased, while its exports to the country have declined.
This development comes amid ongoing regional tensions that led to the closure of the Wagah-Attari border crossing—a key trade route between Afghanistan and India. The disruption of Afghan exports via Pakistan has reportedly caused the price of dried fruits in Indian markets to surge by up to 20 percent.
