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repair, ironcasting and bicycle assembly, tanning, woodturning, shoemaking, construction material from cement, etc.
The survey work on these factories has been finished by an American firm and it is expected that work on some of the factories may start in the next fiscal year.
FOREIGN CURRENCY
In the first three months of the third year of the Plan about $2,500,000 were placed at the disposal of industry-owners at low industrial exchange rates, in order that the necessary machinery and equipment may be imported. This figure only covers present payments in this respect. The real cost of machinery and equipment purchased and imported during the current year is much higher in view of
the fact that they are secured from various countries on a credit basis.
NEW ORGANISATIONS
The following companies have been registered at the Ministry of Mines and Industries in the first three months of the third year of the Plan:—
1. The Coal Union Co. 10,000,000 Afs.
2. The Industrial Section of Kabul Fruit Co. 2,000,000 Afs.
3. Lutfi Repair Workshop 400,000 Afs.
4. Ghori Factories Construction Co. 35,000,000 Afs.
5. Nangarhar Sugar Factory 17,000,000 Afs.
6. Kandahar Fruit Conserving Co. 40,000,000 Afs.
SELECTED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS
1335 1336 1337
1. Electricity ... Da Breshna Loy Shirkat kWh. 1,631,246 28,819,339 51,324,748
2. Textiles ... The Textile Co. ... Metres 15,405,328 19,963,384 21,449,588
3. Yarn ... The Textile Co. ... Metres 112,848 123,146 61,492
4. Sugar ... Sugar Co. ... Tons 4,780 4,793 4,732
5. Woollens ... Woollen Textile Co. Kabul Metres 195,781 155,183 163,832
6. Kandahar ... Metres 47,486 63,466 43,595
7. Ginned Cotton Cotton Co. ... Tons 3,147 3,102 3,224
8. Laundry Soap Cotton Co. ... Cakes 1,286,842 1,101,396 1,134,496
9. Toilet Soap ... Cotton Co. ... Cakes — 20,368 28,217
10. Matches ... Match Co. ... Dozens 200,648 185,994 608,670
11. China ... Shakir Co. ... Piece — 104,442 110,519
12. Cement ... Cement Co. ... Tons — — 20,951 (10 months)
MINES
The Ministry's activities in the Mines Department have also continued according to plan both in survey and research and in actual exploitation and development of active mines.
1. Hydrological Survey
A hydrology section had already been
opened in the geological survey department. This year, however, it was further expanded and strengthened as a result of the arrival of experts from the West German Federal Republic, with whom a technical co-operation agreement has been signed. Hydrological and hydrometric activities have since been undertaken on a much larger scale.
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