Afghanistan's
chief exports are natural gas and dried fruit.
Other exports include carpets, fresh fruit,
wool, and cotton. Afghanistan imports food,
motor vehicles, petroleum products, and textiles.
Most of the foreign trade of Afghanistan is
controlled by the government or by government-controlled
monopolies. The USSR was Afghanistan's chief
trading partner even before the 1979 Soviet
invasion, and this relationship intensified
in the 1980s. The leading purchasers of Afghan
products, in addition to the USSR and the
former Soviet republics, have been Pakistan,
Great Britain, Germany, and India. In 1991
exports amounted to about $188.2 million,
while imports cost $616.4 million.
Afghanistan's
Trade With Australia |
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Years
of war in Afghanistan hit severely the economic
and trade exchanges and technical cooperation
between China and Afghanistan. Trade volume
between the two countries over the past few
years was modest. China provides humanitarian
aids to Afghan refugees each year. Since the
founding of the new Afghan Government, the
economic and trade activities between the
two countries have gradually become active.
In May 2002 and May 2003, the two sides signed
the agreement on economic and technical cooperation
for China to provide Afghanistan an aid given
gratis of 30 million and 15 million respectively
in US dollars.
Table
for China-Afghanistan Trade Unit: MUSD |
| |
Total
Year Amount |
China
Export |
China
Import |
| 1994 |
39.14 |
27.37 |
11.77 |
| 1995 |
33.08 |
31.60 |
16.64 |
| 1996 |
34.76 |
31.30 |
3.45 |
| 1997 |
33.08 |
32.47 |
0.61 |
| 1998 |
24.549 |
24.336 |
0.213 |
| 1999 |
19.579 |
16.679 |
2.9 |
| 2000 |
25.29 |
19.89 |
5.40 |
| 2001 |
17.43 |
17.27 |
0.16 |
| 2002 |
19.99 |
19.91 |
0.08 |
