This photo taken on April 12, 2025 shows dried figs at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
KABUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan has exported figs worth more than 165 million U.S. dollars over the past year, spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad said.
Afghanistan exported figs more than 165 million dollars to several countries including the United States, Britain, India, Pakistan, Oman in the year 1403 in the Persian calendar which ended on March 20, 2025, and efforts are underway to further increase the export, the local media outlet Tolonews citing Jawad on Saturday as saying.
Figs, both fresh and dried, have been a main export item over the past several years in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's main export items include precious, semi-precious stones, cotton, medicinal plants, fresh and dried fruits including pine nuts, figs, apricots and sour cherry, carpets, saffron, melon and apple. ■
A vendor checks his dried figs at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 12, 2025. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
This photo taken on April 12, 2025 shows dried figs at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
