KABUL: A joint domestic products exhibition between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be held in Astana the capital of that country, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said in a statement Tuesday. “In order to promote the domestic products of the two countries, the joint exhibition will be launched in July of the current year in Kazakhstan,” the statement said, adding that the domestic products of the country will be displayed in the exhibition. Such expos are a good opportunity to introduce the domestic products of the country to international markets, the statement added. “In this expo, our different production sectors will display their products and it is a good opportunity to introduce domestically produced products of Afghanistan,” the statement quoted the Deputy of the Chamber of Industries and Mines Sakhi Ahmad Payman as saying. Meanwhile, traders who have invested millions of dollars in Afghanistan ask MoIC to take more steps for holding expos for Afghan products. The investors who are going to showcase their products at the expo say the domestic products of Afghanistan have a good market in Central Asia. Economic experts meanwhile have said that there are many capacities in the markets of Central Asian countries, so the ministry of commerce should make efforts to provide the ground for holding more expos. Despite all this, Afghan investors always complain that due to the increase in poverty and economic problems, the market for their sales inside the country is weak and they are also facing problems in exporting their products to foreign countries. The Kabul Times
Kabul, Astana to hold joint domestic products exhibition
