Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Afghanistan consumes some of these resources in its own country and meets its internal needs, and some others have been exported to other countries, for example: carpets, which are one of the main exports of Afghanistan. It contains 10% of the country's total exports, but after the Second World War, it was exported to European markets by Afghan traders. The main markets for the sale of Afghan carpets are the Arab countries, England, the United States of America, Federal Germany, the former Soviet Union and the countries of India. Afghanistan bought 8,122,000 cubic meters of carpets and rugs for 93 million dollars in 1980. Federal Germany in the amount of 40 million dollars, Saudi Arabia in the amount of 17 million dollars, England in the amount of 10 million dollars, and the former Soviet Union and Switzerland in the amount of 8 million dollars are exported from Afghanistan. In total, 90% of carpets are exported have been exported abroad, but in recent years their value has decreased in the international markets, that is, in 1981, the value of 603 thousand square meters of carpets decreased to 26000000 million dollars, but in 1364, the value of 2000 square meters of carpets decreased. Its value has decreased to 25000000 million dollars.
Institution: Nangarhar University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405800214