Cooking oil, sugar prices down in Kabul — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of petrol, liquefied gas, Malaysian cooking oil and sugar declined, while gold surged in outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday. Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of a 16-litre bottle of Malaysian cooking oil went down from 2,350 afghanis to 2300afs, while of a 49-kg bag of Indian sugar decreased from 2,900afs to 2,600afs. He linked the decline to increased import into Kabul markets. However, he said the prices of other essential commodities remained unchanged as a 49-kilogram sack of Kazakh flour cost 1,600afs, 24kg of Indian rice at 2,500afs, one kilogram of African black tea at 380afs and the same quantity of Indonesian green tea at 350afs. He noted that in some cases retail prices differ slightly from wholesale prices, while in others the difference is more significant. Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dahna-i-Bagh market, put the retail price of a 49-kg bag of Kazakh flour at 1,650afs, a 24-kg bag of Indian rice at 2,550afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,650afs. A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 2,350afs, one kilogram of black tea for 430afs and the same quantity of green tea for 400afs, he added. Hikmatullah, worker at a petrol station in Wazirabad area, told Pajhwok…