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Railway helps increase imports, exports

The Islamic Emirate Afghanistan (IEA) officials have informed of increasing transportation of goods by rail. The Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA) has said that the country’s railway transported a total of 109,808 tons of import and export goods over the past one week.
In a statement released by the country’s railway authority, of the 109,808 tons transported by the railway via the Hairatan, Aqina and Torghundi trail trucks, 10,830 were the import goods, while 1,498 have been the export goods.
The Afghanistan Railway Authority has also informed recently that nearly 500,000 metric tons of goods have been imported and 2,000 tons exported through the country’s railroads during the past one month.
The authority on its Twitter page has said that a total of 502,000 and 39 metric tons of goods have been imported and exported through railways in the past one month.
It has said that 399,983 tons of goods have been imported to the country through Hairatan railway, 29,375 tons through the Aqina railway and 70631 tons through Torghundi railway, with the total weight reaching 499,989 metric tons
During the same period, 2,500 tons of goods have been exported to foreign countries, mostly dried fruits and talcum powder, through the railroads.
It is the first time the transportation of goods by trail has increased. Previously, the country’s ministry of commerce and industry had said that a major part of the domestic products as dry and fresh fruits were exported via the railways.
According to the country’s ministry of commerce and industry, Afghanistan’s imports include oil, gas, wheat, flour and construction materials, and exports that are heading toward Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and China include dry fruit, rice, potatoes and minerals.
Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) has recently suggested that the formation of railways with Pakistan and India can pave the ground for increasing Afghan exports abroad.
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The Kabul times, Afghanistan Trustable News Agency.