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are in the daily consumption list. The success achieved by this office has been very encouraging. TRADE TRIBUNALS The Ministry has further been respon- sible for the establishment of trade tribunals in Kabul and the provinces for the solution of various problems, should they arise. The three tribunals in each province have been active throughout the year and have solved a number of prob- lems brought before them. The primary courts have solved twenty cases, the appeals courts sixteen cases. EXPORT STATISTICS FOR 1336 (22nd March, 1957 – 21st March, 1958) THE total figure for exports from Afghanistan during the year was 1,984 million Afghanis. This was 360 million Afghanis over the figure for 1335. Exports in 1335 amounted to 1,624 million Afghanis and in 1334 to 1,527 million Afghanis. Based on an international classification of commodities, Afghan export goods are divided into 16 major categories. Each of the major divisions is subdivided, bringing the total number of exported goods to 119 items. Major categories of export goods are : Fresh fruits—twelve kinds. Dried fruits—thirty kinds. Fresh vegetables—sixteen kinds. Seeds and spices—nine kinds. Hides and skins—six kinds. Furs—five kinds. Wool—four kinds. Planting seeds—five kinds. Medicinal herbs—fifteen kinds. Fabrics—four kinds. Carpets and rugs—seven kinds. Semi-precious stones—three kinds. Cotton, casings and live animals. The countries to which Afghan com- modities have been sent are : India, the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., Great Britain, the West German Federal Republic, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan, Holland, Leba- non, Poland, Singapore, Austria, Japan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Iran, Egypt, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Bahrein, China, Iraq, and France. During the year the major receiving countries were : million Afghanis India .......................................... 580 U.S.S.R. ..................................... 455 U.S.A. ........................................ 336 Great Britain .............................. 255 Germany ................................... 118 Czechoslovakia .......................... 112 Pakistan ..................................... 97 Afghanistan's leading customers were therefore India, receiving 29 per cent. of the export commodities during the year, Russia receiving 23 per cent., U.S.A. 17 per cent., Great Britain 12 per cent., Germany 6 per cent., Czechoslovakia 6 per cent, and Pakistan 5 per cent. There follows a list of the country's major export commodities during 1336 with their export values and the amounts which were sold : Com- Export modity Value Amount million Afghanis Dried fruits 530 27,400 metric tons Karakul 446 2,900,000 pelts Raw cotton 320 17,706 metric tons Wool 215 6,972 .. .. Fresh fruits 144 31,497 .. .. 95