RASC News Agency: Taliban officials have reduced the customs duty on coal exports from $45 to $30 per ton and announced that this rate will be effective from August 20.
With the Taliban group regaining control over Afghanistan, coal is being extracted and exported to Pakistan. Pakistan is facing energy shortage.
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum under the administration of the Taliban group has written in an announcement that the ownership interest (royalty rate) of coal has been reduced from 2,500 Kabuli/Afghani rupees per ton to 2,200 Kabuli/Afghani rupees.
The ministry added that this decision was taken to “grow the country’s exports, create ease for businessmen and encourage more investors.”
According to this announcement, this decision was made based on the proposal of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Taliban group and the order of the “leadership” of this group.
The Taliban group had reduced the customs duty on coal exports by 15 dollars and the royalty rate by 5 dollars per ton in July.
After taking control of the country, the Taliban group set the price of coal exported from Afghanistan to Pakistan at $90, and following widespread criticism from this group, the Ministry of Finance under the administration of the Taliban group raised this figure to $200 last year.
In the last two years, coal mining in large mines in the border and northern areas of Afghanistan has continued in an unprofessional manner.
During this period, the main destination of Afghanistan’s coal exports was Pakistan.
After the formation of the Taliban group in the first half of the 1370s, Pakistan is considered one of the main supporters of the Taliban group.
