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    Afghanistan relies heavily on agriculture and livestock for its economy. It has experienced significant economic disruption due to war and instability over the past few decades. While it has abundant natural resources, they remain largely unexplored. Afghanistan's major imports are petroleum, machinery, food items, base metals, and textiles. Its primary import partners are Pakistan, the United States, Russia, China, and India, which together account for over 80% of Afghanistan's imports. Imports to Afghanistan decreased in 2014 after reaching a high in 2013 but have increased substantially since 2005.

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    Afghanistan relies heavily on agriculture and livestock for its economy. It has experienced significant economic disruption due to war and instability over the past few decades. While it has abundant natural resources, they remain largely unexplored. Afghanistan's major imports are petroleum, machinery, food items, base metals, and textiles. Its primary import partners are Pakistan, the United States, Russia, China, and India, which together account for over 80% of Afghanistan's imports. Imports to Afghanistan decreased in 2014 after reaching a high in 2013 but have increased substantially since 2005.

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    Afghanistan relies heavily on agriculture and livestock for its economy. It has experienced significant economic disruption due to war and instability over the past few decades. While it has abundant natural resources, they remain largely unexplored. Afghanistan's major imports are petroleum, machinery, food items, base metals, and textiles. Its primary import partners are Pakistan, the United States, Russia, China, and India, which together account for over 80% of Afghanistan's imports. Imports to Afghanistan decreased in 2014 after reaching a high in 2013 but have increased substantially since 2005.

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    AFGHANISTAN IMPORTS AND

    EXPORTS
    International Business Project

    [DATE]
    By: Mahbobllah
    286 (A)
    To: Dr. Anjali Sane
     Introduction to Afghanistan
     Brief history of Afghanistan
     History of Afghanistan trade ( Imports and Exports
     Geography
     Population and ethnicities
     currency

     Afghanistan Imports
     Major Imports
     Imports partner

    IMPORTS
    History of Afghanistan

    The written history of Afghanistan can be traced back to around 500 BCE when the area was under
    the Achaemenid Empire, although evidence indicates that an advanced degree of urbanized
    culture has existed in the land since between 3000 and 2000 BCE. The Indus Valley Civilization
    stretched up to large parts of Afghanistan in the north, with several sites being known. Alexander
    the Great and his Macedonian army arrived to what is now Afghanistan in 330 BCE after
    conquering Persia during the Battle of Gaugamela. Since then, many empires have established
    capitals inside Afghanistan, including the Greco-Bactrians, Mauryas, Kushans, Hindu Shahi,
    Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Timurids, Mughals, Hotakis and Durranis.

    From the upper Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age, Afghanistan has always been a corridor for
    the trade between the Caspian culture, Bactrian and Indian. Afghanistan lies across ancient trade
    and invasion routes from central Asia into India. This position has been the greatest influence
    on its history because the invaders often settled there.

    Over the course of history, the country had many names such as Aryana, Khorasan, Bakhter and
    finally the country named Afghanistan (meaning “land of the Afghans”) by Ahmad Shah Abdali
    in the 18th century.
    Economic of Afghanistan
    The economy of Afghanistan has improved significantly since 2002 due to the infusion of billions of dollars in
    international assistance and investments, as well as remittances from Afghan expatriates. The help that came from
    expatriates and outside investments saw this significant increase when there was more political reliability after the
    fall of the many terrorist groups in the early 2000s such as the Taliban. The recent improvement is also due to
    dramatic improvements in agricultural production and the end of a four-year drought in most of the country.

    The government of Afghanistan claims that the country holds up to $3 trillion in proven untapped mineral deposits,
    which could make it one of the richest mining regions on earth. However, due to the conflicts, it remains one of the
    least developed countries in the world, ranking 175th on the United Nations' Human Development Index. The
    nation's GDP stands at about $34 billion with an exchange rate of $19.85 billion, and the GDP per capita is about
    $1, 150.

    About 35% of its population is unemployed and 36% live below the national poverty line, suffering from shortages
    of housing, clean drinking water, and electricity. The Current President administration along with international
    donors have remained committed to improving access to these basic necessities by prioritizing infrastructure
    development, education, housing development, jobs programs, medical care, and economic reform.
    History of Afghanistan Trade, Imports and Exports

    Afghanistan is an economically downtrodden country that relies highly on farming and livestock. There was an
    astronomical decline in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country in the last two decades of the 20 th

    century. The contributing factors included disruption in trade and transport, and loss of capital and labor. The
    economic activities were widely interrupted by the Soviet invasion and civil war, which were responsible for the
    mass destruction of the country’s limited infrastructure. However, the fall on the Taliban forces in 2001 and
    infusion of billions of US dollars improved trading significantly. Trading is mainly done with neighboring
    countries.

    Although Afghanistan is rich in natural resources, very little has been done to explore them. Some of these
    resources are extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead,
    zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones. However, the country’s rugged terrain and lack of
    transportation network restrict trade activities. In the 1980s, export of natural gas was at its peak, with $300
    million in export revenues annually. However, 90% of this revenue was utilized for the payment of imports
    and debts to the Soviet Union. The Afghan economy also rode on goods smuggled into Pakistan.

    There is not enough information and guaranteed statistics available about the economy of Afghanistan, but
    here are some estimates:
    Exports: $376 million (2012 Est.)
    Imports: $6.39 billion (2012 Est.)
    GDP $33.55 billion (2012 Est.)
    GDP Growth: 3.2 % (2014 Est.)
    Trade-to-GDP ratio: 51.1 % (2012)
    Note: Trade-to-GDP ratio = (Exports + Imports) / GDP)
    ;

    Geography
    Region Asia
    Governmen Islamic Republic
    t
    Religion Islam
    Total Area 652,864km2
    Coast line 0Km (landlocked)
    Capital Kabul
    Climate Dry to semiarid, cold
    winter and hot summer
    Official Dari And Pashto
    Languages
    Other Uzbeki, Hazaragi,
    Languages Turkmen, Aymaq,
    Pashayi, Balochi, Brahui
    Neighbors Afghanistan is in southwestern Asia, bounded on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and
    Tajikistan; on the east by China and the part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir
    controlled by Pakistan; on the south by Pakistan; and on the west by Iran.
    Afghanisan Currency

    Banknotes Coins

    ISO 4217 code AFN (formerly AFA)


    Official users Afghanistan (alongside the United States dollar)
    Years circulated 1925–present
    Inflation 6.8% (2012)
    Subunit 1/100 pul
    Symbol Af (singular), Afs (plural)
    Coins 1, 2 ,5 Afs
    Banknotes 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 Afs
    Central bank The Afghanistan National Bank
    Imports of Afghanistan
    Import of Afghanistan
    Afghanistan main imports are:
     petroleum (33 percent of total imports)
    9; 13% Petroleum
    Machinery and Equipment  machinery and equipment (15 percent)
    Food items
    14; 20% 33; 46% Base metal and Related  food items (14 percent) and
    Articles
    Textile
     base metals and related articles (9 percent)
    15; 21%
     Textile (5.4 %)
    Sales Afghanistan Major import
    partners are:
     Pakistan (24.3% of
    total imports)
    7%
    8%
    Pakistan  United States (18 %)
    United States
    9% 36% Russia  Russia (8.7 %)
    India
    China  China (5.6 %)
    13%
    Germani
    Others  India (5.8 %)
    27%
     Germany (4.4 %)

     Others (33.2 %)

    Others include: Uzbekistan,


    Turkmenistan, Japan and Kazakhstan.
    Imports in Afghanistan decreased to 8724 USD Million in 2014 from 9069 USD Million in 2013. Imports in
    Afghanistan averaged 4216.18 USD Million from 2003 until 2014, reaching an all-time high of 9069 USD Million
    in 2013 and a record low of 1966.07 USD Million in 2005. Imports in Afghanistan are reported by the Central
    Statistics Organization of Afghanistan.

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