Economics

Oil in exchange for raisins and grass. Afghanistan and the Russian Federation agree on barter trade

Afghanistan considers the possibility of buying petroleum products and goods in the Russian Federation according to the barter scheme. Instead, the country agrees to export raisins, medicinal herbs and minerals to Russia. About it reports Kommersant with reference to the statement of the head of the Ministry of Industrial of Afghanistan Nuriddin Azizi. “In priority we have to import these Russian goods according to the barter scheme.

If operations under this scheme do not work, we can use financial transactions. There are no problems with this issue - there is no restriction on Afghanistan from the US or the EU for such supply of raw materials, Afghanistan can pay for these goods, ”he said. Video of the day, according to Azizi, Kabul would like to negotiate with Moscow about the supply of about 1 million tonnes of gasoline and 1 million tonnes of diesel by the end of 2022.

In exchange for Russian oil products, Afghanistan, he said, could offer minerals. “In addition, we have, for example, dried fruits, raisins and medicinal herbs, Afghanistan has historically supplied large amounts of raisins to Russia. We can put hundreds of tons of such products in Russia. For example, medicinal herbs are now very high, and Russia needs such raw materials for medicine. And we can use them in barter trade, ”he said.