Afghanistan’s trade volume in 2024 exceeded $12 billion, with a 38-percent increase in imports year-on-year and a 4-percent decrease in exports, Xinhua reported with reference to the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
“Afghanistan’s total trade stood at 12.42 billion dollars in 2024, of which the country’s export volume reached 1.8 billion dollars, while imported goods were worth about 10.6 billion dollars,” local media outlet TOLOnews quoted the ministry’s spokesman Akundzada Abdul Salam Jawad as saying.
He said exports from Afghanistan to Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates have doubled in 2024.
Agricultural products, processed food items, textiles, leather, electrical parts, and construction materials dominate Afghanistan’s imports. Afghanistan’s main exports include coal, saffron, fresh and dried fruits, hand-woven carpets, and precious and semi-precious stones.
