Officials at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) say they are trying to increase the volume of Afghanistan’s exports to more than two billion dollars by the end of this year.
According to MoIC, Afghanistan’s export goods mainly include dry fruits, coal, handicrafts, especially carpets and sugarcane.
“In the first nine months of this year, we were able to export more than one billion two hundred and fifty million dollars, and according to our plans, this year, Inshallah we will export two billion dollars,” said Abdul Salam Jawad, a spokesman for the MoIC.
“Our exports are continuing and we are sure that they will be more than two billion dollars,” he added.