INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items,
and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.The ministry officials said that for
this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.The ministry&s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada
emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to
find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.&We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45
sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,& he said.Meanwhile, the
Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic
production and it is also expanding.The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government
projects.&I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development
projects,& said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects
increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.The post Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133
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