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offices in each river port, such as Kizil
Kala, Klift, Tashguzar and Torguhundi.
These branch offices deal with forwarding
and delivering Afghan goods and send
regular reports to their headquarters.
The following table shows the amount of
goods in metric tons handled by the Port
Trust Authorities:
Name of Port Exports Imports
Kizil Kala ... 10,245 3,653
Kleft ... 6,902 11,067
Toshguzar ... 11,905 3,838
Torguhundi ... 7,089 28,679
To encourage local companies in pro-
duction, the Ministry of Commerce
granted a credit of 50,000,000 Afghanis to
the Cotton Combine of Kunduz, Amin
Ltd., of Mazarisharif, Machinery Manu-
facturers of Mazarisharif, Sakhi Manufac-
ture of Mazarisharif, and the Industrial
Company of Mazarisharif. 64,000,000
Afghanis were allotted to wool exporters.
54,000,000 went to the Wool Exporting
Company and 6,000,000 to the Fruit
Exporting Company, which had recently
obtained permission to export wool. A
credit of 50,000,000 Afganis was granted
to the Karakul Export Company to buy
more skins for export purposes and thus
help the Kakakul breeders.
In order to make Afghan merchandise
comply with international standards an
Export Committee was set up to find ways
of raising the standard of goods. The
committee recommended up-to-date train-
ing for officials concerned and a group of
young men dealing with sorting and
standardization was sent abroad to attend
a special seminar.
During the fourth year of the Plan the
following new companies were created
which amalgamated scattered assets to
make for better organisation:
Name of Company Capital in Afghanis Type of Company Field of Activity
Construction Co. ... 3,000,000 Joint Stock Construction
Nashir Ltd. ... 1,000,000 Limited Import/Export
Nouri Ltd. ... 1,000,000 Limited Import/Export
Salimi Ltd. ... 1,000,000 Limited Import/Export
Sadozaye Ltd. ... 1,000,000 Limited Import/Export
Abdul Kayoum Ltd. ... 2,000,000 Limited Import/Export
The Ministry of Commerce encouraged
the formation of nineteen more transport
companies with a total capital of
45,908,462 Afghanis to improve transport
within the country.
The Research Department of the
Ministry of Commerce, in co-operation
with local and foreign experts adopted the
international code for statistics. Customs
houses throughout the country have been
keeping the Research Department sup-
plied with figures pertaining to the import
and export of goods and the Department
is planning to publish an annual on
import/export statistics and a quarterly
to show the balance of Afghanistan's
foreign trade.
The Department of Regulations of the
Ministry prepared draft statutes for the
registration of trade marks and methods
of dealing with commercial disputes,
which will become law when they have
been approved by the Council of
Ministers and ratified in Parliament.
Last but not least was the establishment
of Chambers of Commerce in Nangarhar,
Kataghan, Shibirghan provinces, to
improve commercial intercourse between
provinces and bring methods of trading
up-to-date.
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