The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced that in the first four months of this year, Afghanistan has exported about six million dollars’ worth of commercial goods to Iran.
The ministry also said that Afghanistan has imported an estimated 506 million dollars in goods from Iran.
The Taliban officials stressed that trade between Iran and Afghanistan has reached two billion dollars per year.
The ministry added that they will put more effort to increase the trade relations to ten billion dollars annually.
Meanwhile, the Taliban’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment has urged Iran to give preferential tariffs to Afghan businessmen in order to simplify trade between the two countries.
Iran's main export to Afghanistan includes food, petroleum products, and various construction materials.
The Taliban’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that the Iranian market is suitable for the export of Afghan cotton and mining products.
