Officials from the Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Investment report that since the beginning of the current calendar year, dry and fresh goods, pulses, and minerals worth 97.5 million US dollars have been exported from the province to countries including China, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and some European nations.<\/p>\n
Abdul Baqi Bina, Deputy of the Kandahar Chamber of Commerce, added that during this period, 43,504 tons of various products have been exported. However, the closure of trade routes, especially with neighboring countries, remains a major obstacle to increasing exports.<\/p>\n
The restrictive policies of the Taliban administration regarding the maintenance and opening of trade routes have created numerous problems for exporters. Dry fruit exporters have called on relevant authorities to take serious measures to remove trade route barriers, as the current situation has led to increased costs and significant delays in transporting goods to global markets.<\/p>\n
Abdul Khaliq, a dry fruit exporter in Kandahar, stated that previously goods would reach their destination via Pakistan within 10 to 15 days, but now, due to closed routes, shipments are first sent to the UAE and then forwarded to India, a process that takes two to three months.<\/p>\n
Most of Kandahar’s dry fruit exports are transported from Bandar Abbas to New Delhi. Nevertheless, recently some Russian, Chinese, and Kazakh traders have also traveled to Kandahar to trade fresh fruits.<\/p>\n
These problems and restrictions on trade routes have a significantly negative impact on the economic status of exporters and the development of Kandahar\u2019s international product markets, which could further weaken the region’s economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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