The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said that Afghanistan had $266 million worth of trade with Uzbekistan in 2023, while it was $44 million in 2022.
Publish dateTuesday 9 January 2024 - 21:46
Story Code : 283852
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Afghanistan’s exports to Uzbekistan have been worth $27 million in the past year.
“We have bilateral trade with Uzbekistan, in 2023, we had $27 million worth of exports and $239 million worth of imports from Uzbekistan, and most of our exported items to Uzbekistan are dried fruit, fruit juice, apricots, sesame, carpets, and most of our imported items are electricity, flour, beans, chemical fertilizers, oil and gas,” said Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad the spokesman of MoIC.
On the other hand, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that for the strengthening of Afghanistan's relations with the regional countries, a plan is underway to connect with China through Uzbekistan.
“We want to connect with Russia and also Europe and this matter should be taken care of and besides, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is working on a plan on how to connect with China through this way,” said Mirwais Hotak, head of the ACCI.
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