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Afghanistan starts to issue biz license at the price of about one (1) euro

In order to improve Afghanistan's position in World Bank Business Indicators, the Business Licensing Directorate of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Afghanistan reduced business license registration fees from 30,000 Afs (about 350 Euro) to 100 Afs (about 1 Euro).
The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has also the faculty to issue and renew the business license of a company, taking into account clear criteria including tax clearance, establishing the identity of the company through biometrics, and in the case of non-renewal, the business license will be suspended in accordance with the abolition law and the company's activity will be stopped.

About Business Licensing Directorate:
The Business Licensing Directorate of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Afghanistan is responsible for the administration of six licences: four trader (both importers and exporters) licences, one for freight operators, and a licence for brokers operating on behalf of the Ministry. It also issues licences in order to ensure that only fit and proper persons are able to traffic goods into, through and out of Afghanistan. In such a way, the success of this Directorate in improving and simplifying procedures in this area, will be important for MOCI to achieve its strategic objective to improve the enabling and regulatory environment for business and Afghanistan’s DBI ranking.

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