Hossein Roustaei, Iran's economic advisor in Afghanistan, has stated that 25% of Afghanistan's imports come from Iran.

According to Iranian media reports, Hossein Roustaei added in the "Opportunities and Challenges of the Afghan Market" meeting that Afghanistan meets over 80% of its needs through imports.

Although Afghanistan is an agricultural country, it currently imports many goods from other countries.

"We will be one of the second or first countries in terms of trade with Iran. Our trade exchanges, including most of the raw materials, petroleum products, foodstuffs, dairy products, and others, are imported from Iran," said Sakhi Ahmad Peyman, head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, approximately 10 billion dollars in trade is conducted annually with regional countries, of which 8 billion dollars are imports.

Mohammad Nabi Afghan, an expert on economic issues, said: "We must trade in accordance with global laws and also maintain good relations with our neighbors. Technical discussions and works should be conducted with Central Asian countries like Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and others so that trade is conducted in line with global conditions."

At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that more facilities should be provided so that the volume of exports to Iran can also increase.

According to this chamber, the increase in tariffs and the similarity of goods between Kabul and Tehran have caused exports to be lower compared to imports.

"The main reason is that a series of problems are created by Iran for our trade, but all our exports are agricultural, which Iran also has, so our fruits have no place in the Iranian market because they have their own. We should take these to warm regions,” said Khan Jan Alokozay, a member of the board of directors of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment.

Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce had said that in the first three months of the current solar year, over 750 million dollars of trade was conducted with Iran, with Afghanistan's exports accounting for 16 million dollars of it.