With the export of a shipment of non-alcoholic beverages from Herat’s Industrial City area to the United States, the factory owners hope that the export of the country’s domestic products will increase.
Industrial owners considered the problems in the country’s banking system and the challenge of transferring cash a big obstacle to their exports.
Forty-five tons of non-alcoholic beverages are supposed to be exported to California in the United States through the port of Karachi, and most of these beverages are pomegranate juice.
“Afghanistan is a small country and today has exports to the big economic country, the US, and it’s a big achievement for industry owners and Afghanistan,” said Alladdin Bahadur, head of the company.
Non-alcoholic beverages were exported after the approval of the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan and the government of the United States of America.
“Our product has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and after this approval, we were honored to export our product abroad,” said Khir Ahmad Tahiri, head of the laboratory.
More than 600 people work in this non-alcoholic beverage factory in Herat Industrial City.
“If there are large factories in Afghanistan and people work, it is better than going to foreign countries and drowning in the waters or immigrating to Iran and other neighboring countries,” said Abdul Qadeer, an employee.
According to the statistics of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment in Herat, currently, 15 products of Herat Industrial City have been exported to various countries.
“In the industrial city of Herat province, which is currently being exported, we have more than 15 items of domestic products that are exported abroad,” said Mohammad Yosef Amin, Executive Director of the Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
This year, the amount of exports from Herat has increased by eleven percent compared to last year, and the value of these exported goods is $110 million.
