KABUL: Exports of potatoes from Bamyan Province to Uzbekistan have officially begun through joint cooperation between the chambers of commerce of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
The first shipment, consisting of eight trucks, has departed through the Hairatan border crossing towards the Uzbek city of Termez.
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) says its Director General, Sayed Karim Hashemi, and the President of the Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce, Duran Vahabov, have agreed to export 100,000 tons of potatoes from Bamyan to Uzbekistan.
According to ACCI, the chambers of commerce in both countries have facilitated coordination between Afghan farmers and Uzbek traders on agricultural trade, marketing, purchasing and selling agricultural products, and transportation.
The initiative is expected to provide Bamyan farmers with new markets for their agricultural produce and further expand trade relations between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan as the export process develops.