KABUL, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The volume of Afghan exports has exceeded 400 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of the solar year of 1401 on the Persian calendar beginning March 21, a local media outlet reported Wednesday.
Tolonews quoted Mohammad Yonus Mohmand, chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, as saying that the country exported nearly 19,000 tons of fresh fruits and about 1.8 million tons of coal worth more than 400 million dollars over the period.
Afghanistan's major exports composed of fresh and dry fruits are mostly exported to India and Pakistan, and coal utterly to Pakistan.
Afghanistan has been making efforts to increase its exports to central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
In the meantime, Afghan traders have been demanding that the central government restore the air corridor and resume exports to China, Europe and Arabian countries.
Afghanistan's export reached more than 1 billion dollars in the solar year of 1400, according to the report. ■