According to officials from the provincial Chamber of Commerce and Investment, pomegranates worth more than $48 million were exported to foreign countries from southern Kandahar province this season. Abdul Baqi Bina, deputy head of the chamber: “This year, 88,625 tons of pomegranates worth 48,866,903 US dollars were exported to foreign countries from Kandahar and were sold at a satisfactory price.”
The majority of the pomegranates was exported to Pakistan and India and some to Russia and the United Arab Emirates, he said.
Bina said last year’s export of the fruit stood at only 650 tons worth 383,194 US dollars due to the regime change, closure of roads, banking restrictions and others. This year too, Pakistan closed the crossings frequently and as a result some traders suffered losses.
Source: pajhwok.com