Officials of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce say that Islamabad has imposed restrictions on Afghanistan's transit goods.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The officials of this chamber point out that Afghan businessmen cannot easily transfer their goods from Karachi port and say that these restrictions will have a bad effect on Kabul's trade with Islamabad.
 
Naqibullah Safi, head of Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, told the media: "The government of Pakistan has increased the invoice from 300 to 600 percent on goods such as tires, electrical equipment, medicine, oil, and sugar."
 
Meanwhile, Mohammad Yunus Momand, head of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment, emphasized that this work does not comply with international principles. No one has the right to receive invoices from Afghan businessmen.
 
Officials of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment say that Pakistan transfers up to two million tons of fresh fruits and edibles to Central Asian countries through Afghanistan every year, and the new restrictions will harm the transit and trade between the two countries.
 
Nevertheless, the Ministry of Industry and Trade assures that representatives of the Islamic Emirate have gone to Islamabad to eliminate this problem.
 
Akhundzada Abdulsalam Javad, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, told Ava reporter that if Pakistan puts pressure on our businessmen and private sector, we are forced to think of alternative ways.
 
He added that representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade are trying to solve the problem by going to Pakistan.
 
Afghanistan imports most of the goods imported from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and European countries through the port of Karachi, and Islamabad has repeatedly created problems for the transit of Afghan goods in this port.