{"id":10123,"date":"2026-04-06T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/balkh-merchants-urge-stockpiling-to-control-price-increases\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:00:44","slug":"balkh-merchants-urge-stockpiling-to-control-price-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/balkh-merchants-urge-stockpiling-to-control-price-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Balkh Merchants Stress Controlling Price Increases Through Raw Material Stockpiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of merchants in Balkh province emphasized the need to stockpile raw materials to prevent price increases in the market during a meeting attended by the head of Afghanistan&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce and Investment. They assured that necessary measures are being taken to maintain market stability and prevent price fluctuations.<\/p>\n<p>Participants in the meeting highlighted the crucial role of the private sector in meeting the essential needs of the people, stating that proper resource management and creating sufficient reserves can prevent shortages and sudden price hikes.<\/p>\n<p>Balkh merchants also stressed the importance of enhanced coordination between traders and responsible institutions, expressing hope that with precise planning, the market in the province will remain stable. According to them, price stability is fundamentally important to support citizens&#8217; purchasing power and sustain economic activities throughout the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balkh merchants urge raw material stockpiling and coordination to control price increases and maintain market stability in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}