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The Afghan Minister of Commerce, Mr. Sherzad, signing the Trade and Exchange of Payments Agreement with the leader of the U.A.R. delegation in Kabul.
Mr. Sherzad, Minister of Commerce at a meeting with Dr. Blum, President of the Asia Foundation.
Bangkok, at which the Afghan delegation expressed the viewpoints of Afghanistan and presented a number of proposals. Another Afghan delegation took part in the Marketing Conference held in Cairo on January 11th, 1960, and attended a
seminar on marketing. The seminar was sponsored by the F.A.O. The Second Economic Conference of Afro-Asian Countries which was sponsored by the Cairo Chamber of Commerce was also attended by an Afghan delegation in May, 1960. The agenda of this conference was concerned with proposals for establishing an Afro-Asian Economic Co-operation Board, the improvement of trade relations between participating countries and increasing foreign investments.
The Ministry of Commerce in co-operation with the Ministry of Agriculture participated in the International Fair in New Delhi which was opened on November 11th, 1959. Afghanistan's stall at this fair contained 152 different items ranging from raw materials, specimen Karakul skins, rugs of various designs and different dried fruits which attracted great attention.
The Afghan Delegation attended the French Industrial Fair in Teheran as an observer, on the 31st October, 1959. The delegation was composed of officials of the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture, Public Health, Public Works, Mines and Industries and Communications, who made a special point of examining interesting exhibits in their own fields. In June, 1960 an Afghan delegation dis-played Afghan agricultural and industrial products at Poznan International Fair and drew the attention of many European countries.
In order to give local merchants a wider range of choice and bring about healthy competition between foreign importers, the Ministry of Commerce took a number of steps to open showrooms through trading agencies in Kabul where their goods were displayed to consumers as well as traders. The showrooms opened so far are those of Poland, Italy and Austria. It is strongly hoped that others will follow suit.
In order to solve a number of problems in connection with Afghan goods in transit in Pakistan the Ministry of Commerce
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