Prices Of Dry Fruits May Increase AS Taliban Stops All Imports and Exports From India

New Delhi: Taliban’s control over Afghanistan will have a bad impact on India in many aspects. Political issues, National Security, Foreign Policy and Trade. According to the market experts, Prices of dry fruits in India might increase in the near future as the country imports about 85 percent of these commodities from Afghanistan and the Taliban have stopped all imports and exports from India.

on Thursday, the Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) said that the Taliban have stopped all imports and exports from India through transit routes of Pakistan as they gained control over Afghanistan in recent days. “We keep a close watch on developments in Afghanistan. Imports from there come through the transit route of Pakistan. As of now, the Taliban has stopped the movement of cargo to Pakistan, so virtually imports have been stopped,” Ajay Sahai, FIEO’s director-general, was quoted by an Indian news agency.

The FIEO said that prices of dry fruits in India might increase in the near future as the country imports about 85 percent of these commodities from Afghanistan.

With regard to exports, Sahai said some goods were being exported through the international North-South Corridor and other goods were going through the Dubai route. Pointing out that India has healthy trade relations with Afghanistan, Sahai said that exports to the latter were worth around $835 million for 2021.