15% increase in saffron / US production becomes the largest customer
A member of the National Saffron Council announced a 15% increase in saffron production in the country and said: Despite the fact that the United States has recently joined the ranks of Iranian saffron customers after about 15 years. This country has a lot of trust in the Iranian saffron brand, and considering the potential of consuming 50 to 60 tons of saffron in this country, the United States will soon become the largest customer of Iranian saffron.
Ali Hosseini stated: Considering the area under cultivation of 90,000 hectares of saffron in the country, most of which is scattered in the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan, and with an average harvest of 3.5 to 4 kg of saffron per hectare, production is expected this year. Saffron will reach 400 tons, in which case the export of 300 tons will be carefully planned and targeted.
Referring to the proximity of the saffron harvest season to the next 20 days, he added: What is considered as an achievable goal in improving the quantity and quality of saffron production is to reach an average harvest of 10 kg per hectare or one gram per square meter and While many growers harvest 3 to 4 grams per square meter, we must manage saffron cultivation to achieve the set goal.
Hosseini continued: If the production and market of saffron is not managed in the coming years and with a 10% increase in saffron every year, a good future will certainly not be waiting for this product and Iran, like Spain, should give its place to another country and Iranian saffron will gradually disappear. Will go.
A member of the National Saffron Council also said about the banking situation and currency transfer: Although the post-settlement situation and banking agreements for money exchanges have been done, exporters still face problems in transferring their money from a foreign country to Iran. They are captives and play with their interests to their advantage.
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