surat the political uncertainty and chaos in afghanistan after talibans stunningly rapid takeover of the country is having repercussions in the textile hub of suratwhile losing business in the conflicttorn country looks imminent exporters and brokers of textile products claim that payment of about rs 400 crore has been stuck due to the unrest they fear that the payments wont be received soon given the scale of uncertanity therepunjabi suits and dupattas made in surat are in high demand in afghanistan and pakistan until three years ago businessmen from afghanistan used to visit the city frequently to buy finished garments for women they used to select the products personally and make payments through their business associates in delhi it is estimated that garments worth at least rs 100 crore were sent to afghanistan via pakistan or dubai every monthraju bhatia a broker working for multiple exporters told toi in the textile market the credit period is up to three months and in goods supplied to afghanistan via pakistan or dubai the payment is received in three to four months however payment of around rs 400 crore of many exporters is stuck due to the unrestthe export through pakistan or dubai is also impacted due to disturbancethe punjabi suit and dupatta manufactured in the city are high in demand in pakistan and afghanistan due to its quality and variety importers want these products but due to irregular supply chains no one wants to take any risk in the current situation to export said gurpal singh a garment manufacturer and exporter more than rs 100 crore worth textile products are exported monthly to afghanistan through multiple routes but it has stopped in the current scenario said singh ravi jain a garment manufacturer added many exporters have suffered heavy losses and no one knows when the situation will improve i have discontinued doing business with afghanistan in the past few months as the situation started going out of control i am yet to receive payment for the last couple of orders and i am not sure when i will get itnarendra saboo president of surat mercantile association sma said the situation is unpredictable and the impact on citys textile business to afghanistan can be bad we can only hope for fast improvement in the situation so as to get business said few names have been changed on request