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Sugar, flour & cooking oil prices down in Kabul

Sugar, flour & cooking oil prices down in Kabul

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3 Jun 2023 - 15:35
Sugar, flour & cooking oil prices down in Kabul
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3 Jun 2023 - 15:35

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Indian sugar, Kazakh flour, Malaysian cooking oil and gold decreased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders Association, said the rate of 49 kilograms of flour decreased from 1,650afs to 1,550afs, 16-liter tin of Malaysian cooking oil from 1,750afs 1,700afs, and 49-kilogram of Indian sugar from 3,700afs to 3,600afs.

Today as last week, the price of a 24-kilogar sack of Pakistani rice accounted for 3,000afs, a kilogram of African black tea for 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea for 350afs, he said.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer on the Dahna-i-Bagh Market, said the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour was 1,600afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice 3,050afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar 3,650afs.

Similarly, a 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,750afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs.

Gold price

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold decreased from 4,600afs to 4,550afs and the Russian variety from 3,550afs to 3,500afs.

Fuel prices remain unchanged

A worker at the Ahmadyar Group of Pump Stations said the price of one litre of petrol accounted for 65afs and diesel  63afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Kalola Pushta locality, said the rate of one kilogram of the liquefied gas stood at 58afs.

Afghani exchange rate

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar traded at 87afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees at 280afs.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 87afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 285.

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