{"book":"adl0980","page":53,"text":"offices in each river port, such as Kizil\nKala, Klift, Tashguzar and Torguhundi.\nThese branch offices deal with forwarding\nand delivering Afghan goods and send\nregular reports to their headquarters.\nThe following table shows the amount of\ngoods in metric tons handled by the Port\nTrust Authorities:\n\nName of Port   Exports   Imports\nKizil Kala ... 10,245    3,653\nKleft ...       6,902   11,067\nToshguzar ...  11,905    3,838\nTorguhundi ...  7,089   28,679\n\nTo encourage local companies in pro-\nduction, the Ministry of Commerce\ngranted a credit of 50,000,000 Afghanis to\nthe Cotton Combine of Kunduz, Amin\nLtd., of Mazarisharif, Machinery Manu-\nfacturers of Mazarisharif, Sakhi Manufac-\n\nture of Mazarisharif, and the Industrial\nCompany of Mazarisharif. 64,000,000\nAfghanis were allotted to wool exporters.\n54,000,000 went to the Wool Exporting\nCompany and 6,000,000 to the Fruit\nExporting Company, which had recently\nobtained permission to export wool. A\ncredit of 50,000,000 Afganis was granted\nto the Karakul Export Company to buy\nmore skins for export purposes and thus\nhelp the Kakakul breeders.\nIn order to make Afghan merchandise\ncomply with international standards an\nExport Committee was set up to find ways\nof raising the standard of goods. The\ncommittee recommended up-to-date train-\ning for officials concerned and a group of\nyoung men dealing with sorting and\nstandardization was sent abroad to attend\na special seminar.\nDuring the fourth year of the Plan the\nfollowing new companies were created\nwhich amalgamated scattered assets to\nmake for better organisation:\n\nName of Company   Capital in Afghanis  Type of Company   Field of Activity\nConstruction Co.  ...      3,000,000      Joint Stock       Construction\nNashir Ltd.       ...      1,000,000      Limited           Import/Export\nNouri Ltd.        ...      1,000,000      Limited           Import/Export\nSalimi Ltd.       ...      1,000,000      Limited           Import/Export\nSadozaye Ltd.     ...      1,000,000      Limited           Import/Export\nAbdul Kayoum Ltd. ...      2,000,000      Limited           Import/Export\n\nThe Ministry of Commerce encouraged\nthe formation of nineteen more transport\ncompanies with a total capital of\n45,908,462 Afghanis to improve transport\nwithin the country.\nThe Research Department of the\nMinistry of Commerce, in co-operation\nwith local and foreign experts adopted the\ninternational code for statistics. Customs\nhouses throughout the country have been\nkeeping the Research Department sup-\nplied with figures pertaining to the import\nand export of goods and the Department\nis planning to publish an annual on\nimport/export statistics and a quarterly\nto show the balance of Afghanistan's\nforeign trade.\nThe Department of Regulations of the\nMinistry prepared draft statutes for the\nregistration of trade marks and methods\nof dealing with commercial disputes,\nwhich will become law when they have\nbeen approved by the Council of\nMinisters and ratified in Parliament.\nLast but not least was the establishment\nof Chambers of Commerce in Nangarhar,\nKataghan, Shibirghan provinces, to\nimprove commercial intercourse between\nprovinces and bring methods of trading\nup-to-date.\n\n50","chars":3184,"image":"https://storage.googleapis.com/adl-page-images/adl0980/00053.jpg","first_page":1,"last_page":93,"title":"Afghan progress in the fourth year plan","permalink":"https://afghanpress.org/book/adl0980/53","canvas":"https://afghanpress.org/iiif/adl0980/canvas/53","source":"https://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/books/adl0980/","source_pdf":"https://afghanistandl.nyu.edu/pdf/adl0980_download.pdf","rights":{"image":{"statement":"Public domain. 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