Red Gold began harvesting
export $ 83 million in the half year
Member of the National Assembly from the beginning of harvest saffron crocus and said: about 56 tons of saffron valued over $ 83 million in the first six months of this year has been issued.
Ali Hosseini said in an interview with ISNA, said the saffron harvest has just started and will continue until 15 December that the situation is expected to approximately 300 tons of saffron crocus flower farms of 90 hectares of land under cultivation of this crop when about 80 thousand hectares of the provinces of Khorasan and about 10 thousand hectares of land in other provinces such as Fars, Yazd, Kerman, Zanjan, Hamedan and saffron have gone under.
Farmers had to work with the speculators!
He added that farmers, like other farmers in the harvest and the lack of liquidity, have flowers or crops to speculators sell bread at the current rate tables to make them do whatever they want with saffron market.
The saffron member National Assembly continued in this time when farmers want to sell product to the dealers and some patience, “said the workers’ money and that the product would not withdraw to pay the mortgage and the bank does not make even one day the opportunity Addbrokers who are non-expensive cars and huge money by the fruits of the farmers’ houses and luxury villas have.
Saffron export $ 83 million in the half year
Hosseini said the first half of this year, 56 tons and 525 kilograms of saffron in different packages worth 83 million and 423 thousand and $ 485 were exported to about 45 countries, of which about 28 of them in packs of 10 to 30 grams, 28 tons and 928 kg packages of more than 30 grams and less than 3 tons of packaging have been less than 10 grams.
He said that their craftsmen to produce agricultural producers under the national help but unlike the industrial sector, farmers heard screaming and someone has to be someone they are not and never have had among farmers that their crops to sell the assets at favorable prices to brokers are not accountable to anyone and never hefty tax money for the wind to their original state do not pay.
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