Business

Saffron Production Should be Accelerated: ACCI

Published

7 years ago

January 30, 2017

(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

The Deputy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammad Yunus Mohmand said Afghanistan saffron is well-known product in China, UEA, Canada and European markets, insisting that the production of Saffron should be accelerated in the country.

He said, “Afghanistan saffron product is well known in the regional markets, necessary measurements should be adopted for the increasing of the production of saffron to abroad.”

Meanwhile officials in Ministry of Agriculture and livestock urged that necessary measurements and planning has been adopted for increasing of the production of Afghanistan Saffron.

1 – We need to produce 14 tons of Saffron incoming 5 years.

2- Afghanistan produced 6500 kilo gram of Saffron last year.

3 – 2800 acres of lands was covered with Saffron.

4 – 500 tons of Saffron bulbs for the farmers.

5- 4 exhibition held to find best markets for Saffron.

Officials in Ministry of Agriculture and livestock also mentioned that we have special policy for production of Saffron, which will pave the way and facilitate the increasing of Saffron products in Afghanistan.

Ministry of Agriculture and livestock Spokesman Lutfullah Rashid said, “We will launch a 5 year policy on to increase the amount of Saffron production in the country for the year of 1396, and plans are underway to distribute 500 tons of Saffron bulbs in 31 provinces of Afghanistan.”

One of the main reasons for Afghanistan Saffron in the markets is the good quality and being delicious.

Afghan farmers began growing Saffron in 2001 and this year.

Afghanistan’s saffron was also named the best saffron in the world for a third time and hit the record, the International taste and quality Institute Brussels, Belgium awarded the accolade after examining some 300 samples earlier this year.

Reported by: Aslam Ehjaab

Business

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

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18 hours 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.

Business

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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5 days ago

April 13, 2024

Ariana News

(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.