INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran exported non-oil commodities worth $2.2 billion to Afghanistan throughout the 11-month duration from March 20, 2024 to February 18,
2025, the head of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said.Foroud Asgari stated Afghanistan was Iran&& s fifth top export location in the
mentioned 11-month period, Tehran Times reported Sunday.In the previous year, Afghanistan and Iran have actually created closer trade ties
In February, the guvs of both central banks met on the sidelines of a banking innovation summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where they talked
about reinforcing financial and banking cooperation.Also, in October, ports and maritime officials of Iran and Afghanistan satisfied to go
over financial investment opportunities for the Afghan private sector in Iran&& s southeastern Chabahar Port.Tehran Times reported that
this meeting was participated in by the director general of the Ports and Maritime Department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the
governor-general of the province, some Iranian MPs, and authorities of the Afghanistan Trade and Industry Ministry.Meanwhile, in a meeting
with an Iranian trade delegation in Kabul last August, Afghanistan&& s interim Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund said
that his country is eager to draw in Iranian financiers in order to develop the Afghan mining industry, produce solar electricity and expand
railway connectivity.The Iranian delegation likewise proposed to release a joint unique industrial zone with Afghanistan.Afghanistan
materials more than 80 percent of its market requires through imports, and imports from Iran make up 25 percent of this amount.The
establishment of national security and the main government in Afghanistan over the previous two years have enhanced the conditions of trade
in between the 2 countries
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