Monitoring Desk
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says a major portion of the benefits from pine nuts exports goes to the pockets of the outsiders which amount up to $500 million a year.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of industrial exhibition in Kabul, President Ghani said pine nuts export from Afghanistan amounts to $700 million a year. However, he said the turn over as a result of the exports of the pine nuts from another country reaches to $1.2 billion a year as the third country exporting the Afghan products make an annual profit of up to $500 million.
President Ghani said the government remains committed to support the private sector in a bid to boost the domestic revenues through coordination and cooperation. He said the government plans to further pave the way for the exports of the Afghan products outside the country, emphasizing that any truck importing goods to Kabul should not return empty and in return must export the Afghan commodities through the ports in Mazar and Herat.
In other parts of his speech, President Ghani said the air corridor program as part of the government’s policy will further expand in a bid to pave the way for the exports of the Afghan traders commodities. He said the first flight as part of the air corridor left for Tashkent last week and further flights are expected to take place to Baku and other destinations soon.
