INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock says the volume of agricultural exports from Afghanistan in the first four months of this year
totaled $2 billion dollars.According to officials in this ministry, the export volume of agricultural products has increased significantly
compared to last year.&In the first four months of the year, $2 billion worth of exports were made, the largest part of which is
agricultural products, and this year, when it is now the fruit season and exports have started, it is expected that the amount of exports
will be higher than in the past,& said Misbahuddin Mostain, the spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.The Chamber of
Agriculture and Livestock also says a good amount of agricultural products are regularly exported, although problems do arise from
time-to-time.&In the export sector, our traders were able to export, but recently, due to the blocking of the Torkham crossing and the
blocking of the Kabul-Jalalabad highway, our traders could not continue their exports
The businessman has suffered, and we can share the exact export figures only when fruits and vegetables are harvested at the end of the
season,& said Mirwais Hajizada, the deputy head of the chamber of agriculture and livestock.Experts believe that Afghanistan is an
agricultural country, which provides jobs for hundreds of thousands of people
They also believe the more produce exported, the better the chance of growing Afghanistan&s economy.However, an Iranian official has said
that in the first six months of this year, Tehran has exported 35,195 tons of agricultural products to Afghanistan through the Dogharon
According to Iranian media reports, the country&s agricultural director added that in the first half of this year, 4,467 tons of
agricultural products were imported from Afghanistan to Iran via this route.The post Afghanistan&s agricultural exports total $2 billion in
first four months of 2023 first appeared on Ariana News.
