The Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment has announced that in the first three months of the current year, 10,300 square meters of Afghan hand-woven carpets valued at over $100,000 were exported to foreign markets.<\/p>\n
According to the statistics from this institution, carpet exports have increased by five percent compared to the same period last year. Officials at the chamber say this figure reflects a relative improvement in the sales status of this product in external markets.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Yousuf Amin, Executive Director of the Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment, referring to this data, said: “The carpet exports are very promising and show a five percent increase compared to last year. We hope that in the upcoming months of this year, Afghanistan\u2019s carpet exports will increase further.”<\/p>\n
In one of Herat’s carpet-weaving workshops, 16 women and girls are engaged in weaving carpets, most of which are produced in the Turkmen style. Afghan hand-woven carpets are considered one of the country’s important traditional products and export goods.<\/p>\n
A number of carpet weavers say that in past years, Afghan carpets were sold in global markets under the names of some neighboring countries; however, according to them, in recent years, this product has been introduced internationally with its true Afghan identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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