Pakistan has increased the time during the customs procedures of the transit goods of Afghanistan in the ports of this country

In the meeting of the national traders and the leadership of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce with the Acting Ministry of Industry and Trade, it was said that recently the time during customs procedures for some goods in transit from Afghanistan in Pakistan ports has increased from 3 days to 10 days and after September 1, 2023, The transit of 14 items of transit property is prohibited.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Trade, met with a number of national businessmen and the leadership of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, and in this meeting, the national businessmen and the officials of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment discussed their problems that have recently arisen. They shared with the Acting Minister of Industry and Trade created in the ports of Pakistan.

Khanjan Alokozi, the head of Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, said in this meeting that recently, the time during the customs procedures for some goods in transit from Afghanistan has increased from 3 days to 10 days in the ports of Pakistan, and after September 1, 2023, the transit of 14 items of goods in transit will be prohibited. is placed

He added: As each country makes changes in its trade or transit strategy, it must notify the other side officially, in order to prevent losses to the private sector of both sides.

He pointed out that this action is against the APTA transit agreement and is also against the commitments made in the bilateral meetings in the parliament of trade ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Alokozi also emphasized that the recent action of the Pakistani authorities caused the congestion of the containers belonging to Afghan traders in the ports of Pakistan and caused serious losses to the Afghan traders.

At the same time, Nuruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Trade, said that we always want to have good business relations with our neighbors.

Acting Minister of Industry and Trade considered the problems faced by the country's businessmen as serious and added that Pakistan is a good trading partner of Afghanistan and we always want to have good business relations with our neighbors and the problems should be solved as soon as possible.

He has promised the businessmen that he will discuss this matter with the Pakistani authorities and has given hope that the problems will be solved as soon as possible and the positive trade relations between the two countries will continue.