25 December 2023
Imports of fresh/dried fruits and nuts from Afghanistan during 2022: Australia 🇦🇺 US$0.67M China 🇨🇳 US$37.01M EU 🇪🇺 US$10.88M India 🇮🇳 US$225.31M Israel 🇮🇱 US$0.61M Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 US$2.26M Lebanon 🇱🇧 US$0.57M Pakistan 🇵🇰 $116.57M Qatar 🇶🇦 US$0.66M Turkey 🇹🇷 US$6.67M UAE 🇦🇪 US$13.83M UK 🇬🇧 US$1.45M USA 🇺🇸 US$6.41M Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 US$2.05M
24 December 2023
Pomegranates are often categorized as a superfood due to their high concentration of protective plant compounds such as anthocyanins, ellagitannins and organic acids. These substances have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity and help protect cells against oxidative damage. Afghanistan can be considered the country of the pomegranate fruit because of the excellent quality of the cultivars that thrive there. Afghan pomegranates in comparison to the same fruit from other countries...
22 December 2023
China is expanding its agricultural trade with Afghanistan as it attempts to rebuilds after a devastating earthquake in Herat region the last October. China is ready to start importing Afghan pomegranates via an "Agricultural cooperation” deal.
18 December 2023
Herat is the third largest province in Afghanistan, located in the west of the country. The province is well known for the excellent quality of its raisins and for the numerous grape varieties (more than 100!) whose cultivation goes back almost 500 years. The history of the Herat raisins is shrouded in mystery. It is believed that they were grown by a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia around 2000 BC. Before the Soviet-Afghan War started in 1979, export of raisins from Afghanistan...
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