Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says the trade volume between Afghanistan and Iran has reached more than $1.8 billion over the past seven months of 1403 [solar year].
The ministry’s spokesman Abdulsalam Jawad Akhundzada said these trades include oil and non-oil goods.
According to Jawad Akhundzada, trade and transit with Iran is expanding.
“Afghanistan’s trade with Iran during the seven months of 1403 was worth $1 billion 827 million dollars, of which 30 million dollars were exports and $1 billion 797 million dollars were imports,” said Akhundzada.
“Most of the major export goods are mineral stones, raisins, all kinds of soft drinks and sesame seeds, and the main import items are diesel fuel, petrol, raw materials for manufacturing, liquid gas and cement,” he added.
Meanwhile, Iranian officials also stated that since the beginning of this year, the export of non-oil goods to Afghanistan has increased to 1.3 billion dollars.
Tehran Times newspaper quoted the Iranian customs officials and reported that Afghanistan was Iran’s fifth largest importer of non-oil products in the last seven months.