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In Afghanistan, there is an estimated reserves capacity of 73M tons. In spite of huge demand for power, still produced coal within the borders is used for energy or exported to neighboring countries.
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Coal Sector

Coal remains the primary source of power and the secondary source of energy in the world. As of 2015, it has provided 41% of world’s electricity and 27% of world’s energy. The reason why coal dominates the power and energy ground is due to its great quantity, wide distribution, and affordability.

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Cement Sector

Afghanistan currently has four cement plants: (1) Ghori I & Ghori II cement plants Pul-e Khumri, (2) Jabal-e Saraj cement, (3) Herat cement, and (4) Samangan Cement. Ghori I & Ghori II plants are designed as a two kiln which has production capacity of 400 tpd and 1,000 tpd of clinker. The Herat cement plant was originally designed to be a tow-line, wet process plant with a rated design capacity of 700 tpd of clinker. Jabel-e-Seraj cement plan has a rated design capacity of 100 tpd.

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The market opportunity of Afghanistan cement sector is around $698 million. Currently, 99% of the cement demand is imported from Pakistan. However, if we utilize our resources we can become self-sufficient in this sector.
Afghanistan annual marble production is around 124,000 to 155,000 MT. The overall growth rate of the marble industry in term of production is around 60% per annum. This is due to the fact that Afghan marble industry has been recently reinvented.
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Marble Industry

Afghanistan has over 400 varieties of marble with total value of around USD150-200 billion. According to Mitchell (2008) reports, the total estimated marble deposits in Afghanistan reach over 9 billion MT. Afghanistan can supply marble to regional and international markets almost for indefinite period of time. Moreover, the US geological survey has discovered 66 marble and granite reserves in Afghanistan, which are located in, Kabul, Parwan, Nangrahar, Wardak, Bamyan, Panjshir, Laghman, Herat, and Balkh provinces.

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Copper Industry

Afghanistan is estimated to contain 60 million tons of copper, 2.2 billion tons of iron ore, 1.4 million tons of rare minerals such as lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, lodes of aluminum, gold, silver, zinc, mercury, and lithium. In 2010, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) valued Afghanistan’s mineral resources at $908 billion, while the Afghan government’s estimate is $3 trillion.

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Copper is an essential commodity in today’s digital and electronic age and in recent years, its value has increased dramatically. Demand to this commodity has been growing significantly, and it has led to rise in mineral exploration. Afghanistan is well placed to meet such rising demand, due to having highest ranking copper mines.
40% of agricultural products are wasted due to lack of cold storage rooms in Afghanistan. Afghan Area under refrigeration is 24,000 square meters compared to 131M square meters in India.
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Cold Storage

There are a total of 3,164 cold storages with more than 120K metric tons overall capacity and $35M overall investments in the country. Of the total number of cold storages 92% (2,923 units) are active. In addition to MAIL, which regulates & provides financial support to the sector, cold storage facilities are also funded by donors.

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Dairy Industry

The total contribution of dairy industry to GDP was 3.1% (AFN38B) in 2015-16. Moreover, the industry has generated 3.5M jobs (ADB report), while the rural women control over 85% of the cash earned from milk (FAO). There are five feed and dairy processing plants (Guzargha Kabul, Balkh, Kunduz, Herat, and Khatiz) in Afghanistan with an annual capacity of 2.3K MT for feed and 9.9K MT for dairy products. 

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Dairy is one of the most important agricultural products that include milk, milk products, wool, meat, skin and animal fat. Livestock is a good source of income and food for the farmers and their families in the country. Afghanistan was once self-sufficient of dairy and livestock. However, the country now hugely depends on foreign imports of dairy products including cream, yoghurt, milk, and soft-cheese.
The poultry farms have production capacity of 232K MT of chicken meat while the current supply is only 182K MT. In addition, Afghanistan imports 19M live chickens and 43K MTs of chicken meat, on average, per year. The import value of chicken meat from 1392 – 94 was $183M. Afghanistan imported the highest number of live chickens in 1392 (33,775K) compared to 1393 (13,739K) and 1394 (11,684K).
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Poultry Industry

The poultry industry of Afghanistan is expanding day-by-day with more investments in this sector and better use of current technologies. There are 11K (Mainly small) poultry farms, 233 egg farms, 20 chicken feed factories, 28 incubators, and 9 poultry processing facilities in Afghanistan. The poultry industry of Afghanistan has provided job to 82K individuals.

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pharmaceutical Industry

The domestic pharmaceutical industry is valued $550 – $650m per year, of which only 5% is produced locally. Afghanistan’s pharmaceutical industry has 19 operational manufacturing companies, four of which operate in industrial zones, and two of which are ISO and GMP certified.

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Afghanistan used to produce herbal and chemical medicines for export decades ago. During the Dr. Najeeb regime, Hoechst pharma used to be the main producer of pharmaceutical products in Afghanistan, but has since stopped operations. Unfortunately, the war era affected the production and today more than 90% of medicines are imported from other countries.

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