An Indian logistics company has signed agreements with Afghan agricultural cooperatives to export as much as 4,000 tonnes of fruits from Afghanistan to India, officials of Afghan agriculture ministry said Saturday.
According to the ministry, the Indian company IG International will export 800 tonnes of apples, and more than 3,000 tonnes of pomegranates and grapes to India via an Iranian port. The company is also interested in opening a branch in Kabul to facilitate trades with Afghan farmers.
"The company is planning to open a branch in Kabul. It's intending to take Afghanistan's fruit to India via Iran," said Abdul Qayoum Basam, head of the ministry's private sector development department.
IG International's interest in exporting Afghanistan's fruit came after they visited an agricultural business fair in the Badam Bagh area of Kabul city.
Following the agricultural fair, a number of the Afghan farmers and traders who participated said they had received more work during those days.
"It's fairs such as this that create opportunities for people and traders to come and make these agreements with us... Most of the people coming here are from companies," one of the participants told TOLOnews.
The agricultural fair, which was open over Nowruz, is said to have had more than 100,000 visitors.