Fresh fruit export consignment from Afghanistan reaches India

Published 2021년 11월 25일

Tridge summary

Despite the political crisis in Afghanistan with the Taliban, the country is still exporting agricultural produce to India, including fresh fruits like Sharda melon, pomegranate, apple, and grapes, as well as dry fruits, spices, cereal, and other goods. Around 70 trucks export these goods to India daily through the Attari border, which was recently reopened by the Afghanistan government. The bilateral trade between India and Afghanistan surpassed $1.5 billion in the 2019-2020 fiscal, with dry fruits and spices being the primary exports.

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Original content

Despite the Afghanistan and Taliban crisis, it doesn’t seem that there is a barrier when it comes to exporting agricultural produce. After dry fruits and fresh vegetables, now fresh fruits including Sharda (a melon variety), pomegranate, apple and grapes are being imported by India through the Integrated Check Post (ICP) near Attari border. Nearly 70 trucks laden with dry fruits, fresh fruits, spices, cereal and others cross over to India every day after the Afghanistan government opened the Chaman border over a fortnight ago. Apart from fresh fruits, moong dal, onion, cumin seeds and a variety of dry fruits are being imported from Afghanistan. A complete fresh fruit batch was imported by many Delhi-based importers and then distributed in the markets of Northern India. Afghanistan could be an international fresh farm fruit and vegetable trading hub. But the true potential has yet to be harnessed. While there is an international airport and an international bus terminal offering ...

Source: Indoasiancommodities