TRIVIA

What are Afghanistan's main export products?

A) Oil, cotton and iron ore

B) Gold, grapes and resins

C) Cotton, charcoal briquettes and spices

D) Spices, gold and iron ore

Response:

B) Gold, grapes and insect resins.

According to OECD data(https://oec.world/es/profile/country/afg), in 2019 Afghanistan's main legal exports were gold (US$ 968 million), grapes and raisins (US$ 214 million) and resins (US$129 million). An important part of Afghanistan's economy, in any case, depends on a large illegal activity: the country is the world's leading producer of poppies, a plant from which opium and heroin are produced. According to the United Nations, Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer and its production accounts for 11% of Afghan GDP.