Language

Don't you have an account with Pajhwok Afghan News?

Click here to subscribe.

Sher Khan Port revenue soars to 730m afs

Sher Khan Port revenue soars to 730m afs

author avatar
11 Jan 2014 - 19:31
Sher Khan Port revenue soars to 730m afs
author avatar
11 Jan 2014 - 19:31

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN, showing a 130 million afs increase, an official said on Saturday.

The key port, which is situated next to Panj River, lies near the border with Tajikistan. Shahabuddin Bawar, customs director at the port, told a news conference the port’s income was more than 600 million afghanis in 2012.

He said the main reasons behind the increase included improvement in commercial affairs, better border security, capacity of customs officials and efforts at countering corruption.

He said Afghanistan exported cement, sugar, handicrafts, food items and other materials through the port, where oil, construction materials, food items, flour, onion and otters arrived from foreign countries.

Bawar said only six or five trucks daily arrived at the port importing goods to Afghanistan. The number of trucks exporting Afghan goods through the border hovered between 80 and 90 on a daily basis, he added.

Around 3,860 trucks brought in different items the previous year against 2,510 trucks this year, indicating a 43 percent decrease, he said

A businessman, Fateh Mohammad, told Pajhwok Afghan News he exported 400 sacks of cement to Tajikistan per week, but the slow-paced customs clearance process at the port had a negative impact on his business.

Bawar said a new system called T2 had been installed at the port to prevent fraud and facilitate traders.

The system collects information on materials imported and exported. It scales the amount of goods and processes the documents in a short span of time and shares information with all other customs offices, according to Bawar.

mds/ma

 

Visits: 5

Related Topics

GET IN TOUCH

SUGGEST A STORY

Pajhwok is interested in your story suggestions. Please tell us your thoughts by clicking here.

PAJHWOK MOBILE APP

Download our mobile application to get the latest updates on your mobile phone. Read more