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Kataghan Seeds & Transport Co. 3,500,000
Kadiri Co. 3,500,000
Hakim & Omar Co. Ltd. 2,000,000
Kataghan Joint Stock Co. 1,700,000
Balkh Joint Stock Transport Co. 5,000,000
Shakir China Works 7,700,000
Further increase in D.M.
Siemens Co. 200,000
Further increase in Afghanis
Bus Service Co. 4,423,000
RESEARCH STATISTICS
A. Regulations.
During 1337 the Ministry has prepared and presented for the inspection and study of expert organisations the following
A young girl of the Shakh Valley, Maimana, in native costume, deftly weaving one of the carpets for which Afghanistan is famous
regulations:
i The Law of Foreign Investment (this has now passed all its legal procedures and become a national statute).
ii The Law of Trade Brokerage.
iii The Law of Registering Trade Marks.
iv The Law of Motor Vehicle Brokerage.
A special department of the Ministry has been continuously active in preparing trade statistics in Kabul and in all the customs houses throughout the country as well as at the borders. The monthly reports filed at all these customs houses are forwarded to the Ministry where they are systematically arranged. The annual trade volume statistics are derived from them.
The 1337 Export Statistics were arranged on the basis of the International Code System and published in Persian and in English in one volume early in 1338.
The import statistics for 1336 are in the process of being printed. Arrange-ments have been made to purchase all the necessary machinery for the future publishing of general statistics in Afghan-istan within the country.
During the year a course in statistics was instituted in which a number of officials from the Ministry as well as representatives from the statistical depart-ments of other ministries and organisa-tions took part. The course gave general information on statistics during the three months of its duration.
PRICE CONTROL
The Ministry has established an Office of Price Control with a view to removing the possibility of profiteering and of creating balanced rates for goods, especially pertaining to those goods which
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