STORY: Afghan businessman eyes more pine nut export to China 
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 20, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:38
LOCATION: KHOST, Afghanistan
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the process of processing pine nuts in Khost
2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): AFSAR ALI KHAN, Afghan businessman
3. various of the process of processing pine nuts in Khost

STORYLINE:

Describing China as a lucrative market for Afghanistan's pine nuts, Afghan businessman Afsar Ali Khan hopes to increase the volume of trade of the precious seeds to the neighboring country.

SOUNDBITE (Pashto): AFSAR ALI KHAN, Afghan businessman
"The pine nut harvest in Khost and the neighboring Paktia province has been doubled in comparison with the previous year. And I am hopeful to be able to export as much as 3,500 tonnes of pine nuts to China via air corridor this year."

Khan said that 2,500 tonnes of pine nuts were exported to China last year, and each 52 kg of pine nuts sold more than 400,000 afghani (6,000 U.S. dollars) in China.

Afghanistan's pine nuts are largely exported to China, followed by Arab countries, India, Pakistan, Canada, and some European nations.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Khost, Afghanistan.
(XHTV)