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Honey Production Increases by 10% in 2016

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7 years ago

January 15, 2017

(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Sunday said the honey production has jumped to ten percent high in the year 2016; calling the reason, development of beekeeping industry, technical trainings for beekeepers and raising public awareness about the good quality of Afghan products.

According to figures from the Ministry, honey production in Afghanistan reached to 1,000 tons in 2012, while the number hit to 1,900 tons in 2015 and had a 10 percent increase by 2016.

Officials say that authorities will keep striving to help beekeepers and their business to grow.

“We are trying to train more farmers and have better advantages on this field.” said Lutfullah Rashid, the spokesman in Ministry of Agriculture.

Although, Afghanistan produces a very good quality honey, but absence of proper processing, lack of controllers and standard sizes in packing have been the reasons for not having significantly great results in markets abroad.

Ghulam Sanayi Saati, technical director of Beekeeping Development Project (BDP) said, “We need a standard laboratory to control the quality of honey, so we can easily export the products to the foreign countries.”

The Beekeeping Development Project is funded by Agency French Development (AFD), the major international partner supporting honey production business in Afghanistan, which has invested about $500,000 on this project since the year 2005. In addition, AFD has provided some equipments for Afghan beekeepers.

“Honey produced in Kabul has the best quality and people should stop using low-quality products,” Mohammad Edris Rauf, Head of French – Kabul Cooperation Office in Kabul said.

Due to the suitable climate of Afghanistan, farmers have great opportunities for beekeeping; therefore, beekeepers are trying to standardize this industry.

Currently, there are 237,000 bee-families which are producing honey across the country with seven thousand beekeepers engaged in this business.

Reported by: Lyda Niazi

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Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402

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2 days ago

April 17, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 17, 2024)

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.

This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.

Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.

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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat

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3 days ago

April 15, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 15, 2024)

The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.

According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.

The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.

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Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC

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6 days ago

April 13, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 13, 2024)

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.