KABUL, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan business body, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment has flayed the imposing 10 percent tariff by Washington on Afghan exports to the United States as unfair and called for reconsideration.

"The export of dried fruit to America is not that high; it is only about 10 million U.S. dollars per year," the private media outlet Ariana News quoted Abdul Qasim Omarkhil, an Afghan dried fruit exporter as saying.

The Afghan businessman, who is also the head of the dried fruit exporters association, called on the U.S. administration to reconsider the decision.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order introducing a 10-percent "minimum baseline tariff" on all imports, including those from war-torn Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's exports to the United States include carpets, dried and fresh fruits, handicrafts, and traditional Afghan clothes. Enditem

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