“Afghanistan, under the control of the Taliban group, became the largest importer of Russian flour in 2024, doubling purchases.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Afghanistan, under the control of the Taliban group, became the largest importer of Russian flour in 2024, doubling purchases. This was reported by the Russian state agency for the export of agricultural products “Agroexport”, reports Reuters. Afghanistan reportedly imports flour because it does not have sufficient production capacity to fully meet domestic demand. The increase in imports came at a time when Russia was trying to strengthen ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Last month, Moscow took another step toward recognizing the Taliban government, when the Russian parliament voted in favor of a law that would allow the movement to be removed from the list of banned terrorist organizations. Agroexport, citing previous estimates, said Afghanistan bought nearly $80 million worth of Russian flour last year, double the 2023 level. The total volume of Russian exports of wheat and wheat-rye flour last year reached 300 million dollars, which is 3% more in value terms and 7% more in physical terms, according to the data of the monitoring body. China and Turkmenistan are also among the top three buyers of Russian flour. We will remind: Russia has undertaken to accept labor migrants from Afghanistan and provide them with work in certain regions of the country.