KABUL – Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce on Saturdaysaid the trade and transit volume between Afghanistan and Pakistan hasdecreased by 20 percent this year.
Spokesman of the ministry, Musafir Qoqandi, said statistics from the firstnine months of this year show that Afghanistan and Pakistan’s trade andtransit valued at least $1 billion this year, while it was $1.5billion last year.
According to the ministry, Afghanistan’s exports to Pakistan valued atleast $280 million this year while the imports from Pakistan valued $800million.
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“Our trade volume has decreased with Pakistan against previous years. Butour exports have increased. We want good trade relations with all thenations, but we will be focused on our trade balance,” Qoqandi toldTOLOnews.
